HOWARD FINSTER YOUNG ELVIS AT 3 HAND PAINTED SOUTHERN FOLK ART OUTSIDER ART.
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Winning Bid:
$519.20
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #237 - Session II
Item Description
12.75" tall hand painted wooden cutout full figure. Signed on reverse "28-000-361 Works By Hand Howard Finster, Mar. 5. 1993 God Bless You, Get Right With God In The Name Of Jesus" plus a small bird figure. Base design features inspirational religious text - all elements indicative of the artist's visionary style. Minor edge wear and trivial handling. Exc. Finster, a Georgia Baptist minister, had a vision in 1976 that called him to "Paint Sacred Art." Howard Finster was a big fan of Elvis Presley and included him in the pantheon of American heroes he frequently painted, from George Washington to Henry Ford to Eli Whitney. Presley represented a Southern boy who had escaped his humble beginnings, moving from poverty to great wealth and from obscurity to worldwide fame. It was a journey that Finster began identifying with after gaining a modicum of notoriety for his own artwork in the 1970s. "God showed me when to become an artist just like he showed Elvis when to make his best strikin' songs. He was a folk artist of music. He was a folk artist of what he was called for to do in this world. God says many are called but few are chosen." He claimed God had asked him to produce 5,000 paintings to spread the gospel. By 1985 he had reached that goal and just kept going, numbering each painting. Finster collaborated w/Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M., on the cover art for the band's album Reckoning and later appeared w/his art in the band's video for Radio Free Europe. In 1985 he was commissioned by the Talking Heads to produce the album cover for Little Creatures which Rolling Stone magazine selected as the album cover of the year.
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