Object number2005.33.15
Jesus Saves - Angel
DateJuly 9, 1992
Artist
Howard Finster
(American, 1916-2001)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil and black marker on plywood (in the shape of an angel)
DimensionsUnframed: 22 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. (57.79 x 95.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of Pat O’Brien Parsons, class of 1951
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower center edge in figure and in text in ink: Howard Finster
InscribedOn recto, by artist, center in ink: RESTING / SOULS; lower center: BY: [signature] / FROM GOD.; On the reverse, center in ink: 25.000.108 WORKS SINCE 1976 / BY [signature] FROM GOD / JULY-9-1992 God Bless you / JESUS SAVES / FROM HELL IF YOU / COME TO HIM BEFORE / YOU GET TO HELL. / AFTER YOU GET TO HELL YOU HAVE NO SAVIOUR. [drawing of bird with lines from its beak and a black oval to the right of the bird]; by an unidentified hand in pencil: FLLAC2005.33.15; on a piece of tape affixed to the verso in ink: 1-15; on a piece of paper affixed to the verso in ink: PPHF900044
BibliographyFaith and Fantasy in Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, exhibition brochure, 2023Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryFaith and Fantasy in Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 13 - April 26, 2009Apocalypse Sky: Art, AIDS, and Activism in New York City, 1982–1992, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 4 - September 12, 2023
DescriptionAn angel flying horizontally made of swirling patches of color with faces holds a text in their right hand reading: ALL RESTING SOULS COMING UP / BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE / NOW LEFT OUT. ALL WILL KNOW / WHAT THEY GAINED - OR - WHAT / THEY LOST. THERE / WILL BE - NO ONE THAT / DONT BELIEVE . IN GOD - / FOREVER AND EVER - / AFTER THIS TIME - THERE / WILL BE NO MORE INFIDELS / OR ATHIS. OR UNGODLY. / EXCEPT IN HELL WITH OLD / SATEN. WHERE THE FIRE / IS NOT QUENCHED AND THE / WORM DIETH NOT - BY. [signature] / .25.000.108 - WORKS / JULY-9-1992.
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Eastern Mediterranean
3rd-4th c
Culture: Eastern Mediterranean
