Details

Title

I Took the Pieces You Threw Away

Artist/Maker

Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)

Date

1986

Medium

Paint on metal, glitter, and wire

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 40 x 1 inches

Credit

Purchase with funds from the Cousins Foundation, Inc., and donors to the Paradise Project Campaign

Accession #

1994.211

On View

On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway, Gallery 407

Finster took the words of this hand-lettered sign, which once graced his front porch, from his own poem chronicling the creation of Paradise Garden, the environment of buildings, sculptures, and paintings he created and objects he found or collected from local dumps and other sites. The background spaces between the letters are filled with multi-colored dots and Finster’s iconic, stylized angels.

Image Copyright

© Howard Finster/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York