Photographer:

Rosenak, Chuck, 1927-  Search this

Subject:

Finster, Howard  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

2001

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

1 slide : col. ; 5 x 5 cm.

Summary:

The casket is lying on a desk in a whitewashed room with windows looking out on to the gardens. A cutout of an angel and several plaques thick with writing are hanging on the wall behind the casket. A sign on a pillar near the entrance of the room reads "But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own selves. James 1:33."

Citation:

Chuck Rosenak. Howard Finster's casket, 2001. Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, circa 1938-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Folk art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11178

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Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, circa 1938-2008

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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