Trying to Get People Back to God
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001

Details
Title
Trying to Get People Back to God
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
ca. 1985
Medium
Paint on metal
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 84 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Cousins Foundation, Inc., and donors to the Paradise Project Campaign
Accession #
1994.214
Lettered on boards, crowning buildings, and attached to poles, signs played a major evangelistic role in Paradise Garden. This sign declaring Finster’s life mission was suspended over the pathway entrance to Paradise Garden; every visitor had to pass under it.
Image Copyright
© Howard Finster/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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