Harvard Art Museums > 2011.47: Sights Appear on My Mountains, Sighns [sic] of the Times Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sights Appear on My Mountains, Sighns [sic] of the Times (Howard Finster) , 2011.47,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337433. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2011.47 People Howard Finster, American (Valley Head, AL 1916-2001 Rome, GA) Title Sights Appear on My Mountains, Sighns [sic] of the Times Other Titles Former Title: Show Me More Lord Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1978 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337433 Physical Descriptions Medium Enamel on masonite Dimensions framed: 72.4 x 42.5 cm (28 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso, in black ink: By HOWARD FINSTER/ MAN OF VISIONS HOSEP 12-10 inscription: signed and inscribed l.l: BY HOWARD FINSTER/ A MAN OF VISIONS/ OH GOD i SEEK TO/ KNOW MORE ABOUT/ YOUR OTHER WORLDS/ AS YOU HAVE SAID SEEK AND YE/ SHALL FIND. LORD I WORK/ ALL NIGHT MANY TIMES. SHOW ME MORE LORD inscribed l.c.r.: SIGHTS/ APPEAR ON/ MY/ MOUNTAINS/ SIGHNS [sic] OF/ THE TIMES inscribed l.c.: 1000 AND 185 PAINTING inscribed l.r.: UNBELIEVABLE SIGHTS/ APPEARED ON THIS/ PAINTING i HAVE A FELING [sic]/ GOD IS TELLING US SOME-/ THINGS OF OTHER WORLDS (not assigned): on verso, in black ink: 1000 AND 185 Paintings./ By HOWARD FINSTER/ MAN OF VISIONS HOSEP 12-10/ Handmade Cyrpus (sic) trim/ Aug-1978/ The Mysteries appeared/ on this painting unknown/ I suppose to be of/ other worlds or/ hidden parts on the/ earth. label: on verso, picture of the artist as a young man Provenance Recorded Ownership History Howard Finster, sold; to Jeff and Jane Camp; [Cavin-Morris/Ethnographic Arts, Inc., New York, NY]; Didi and David Barrett, NY, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71 Copyright © Howard Finster/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2011 Object Number 2011.47 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History J. F. Turner, Howard Finster: Man of Visions, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, 1989), ill. pp. 156-157 Elsa Longhauser and Harald Szeemann, Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century, exh. cat., Museum of American Folk Art and Chronicle Books (San Francisco, 1998), p. 166, ill. p. 241. Exhibition History Recent Acquisitions, Part II: Building the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/19/2012 - 09/29/2012 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
