Details

Title

Horses Like No One on Earth Has Seen Before

Artist/Maker

Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)

Date

ca. 1978

Medium

Paint on board

Dimensions

22 x 32 3/4 inches

Credit

T. Marshall Hahn Collection

Accession #

1997.70

On View

On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway, Gallery 407

Finster once confided that he was sure people wanted to see horses of a sort they had never seen before: “There are no horses in the world like I draw.” In this work, spotted equines of various colors and sizes, some bearing enormous riders, mingle with tiny figures. Meanwhile, God confirms Finster’s accomplishment, his arm reaching around to display a book announcing, “HORSES LIKE NO ONE ON EARTH HAS SEEN BEFORE.”