Details

Title

Weaned Child on the Cockatrice's Den

Artist/Maker

Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)

Date

ca. 1979

Medium

Paint on concrete, glass, mirrors, ceramic, white marble, and brick

Dimensions

38 x 41 x 31 inches

Credit

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

Accession #

1994.216.2

Location

On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway, Gallery 407

During the late 1960s, the Reverend Howard Finster began transforming swampy land around his Pennville, Georgia, home and repair shop into an environment that eventually became known as Paradise Garden. The High boasts the largest public collection of monumental sculptures, paintings, and other works from this celebrated garden museum. The eloquent concrete sculpture shown here illustrates Isaiah 11:9, a biblical passage that describes the peace that will reign on Earth with the coming of the Messiah.