I Took the Pieces You Threw Away
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001
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
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