Object number2005.33.48
Calendar and Space Station: Double-sided work
Artist
Prophet Royal Robertson
(American, 1936 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
MediumBlack ink, marker and glitter on paper
DimensionsMatted: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Image: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Image: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Pat O’Brien Parsons, class of 1951
Period20th c
Classification(s)
Inscribed(recto, UC, black ink) THAT SANERBITH MRS ADELL -BRENT LIES SO MISCHIEFNESS MUCH I THEN HAD IT WITH MEN/ I call this the EVIL-CLOUD-FOR 1974 This man Adell left me for made foolish Adell findly lost all she woulder onwned; verso: (UC, black marker) IN- JUNE- 1- 1991 I HAD MANY CROOKED VISITORS FOR MY VISIONARY DRAWING LIKE 1974 AD ADELL; (UC, brown marker) CRAZY- MRS LURA - WONT GO TO HEAVEN FOR COVET- PROPHET- ROYAL- ROBERTSON (black ink) LIBRA ARTIS; (see object for rest of text and calendar)
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Faith and Fantasy in Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection," February 13-April 26, 2009.
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