200 Foot Tidal Wave, circa 1976

Details

Howard Finster (1916-2001)
200 Foot Tidal Wave, circa 1976
signed HOWARD 3-HRS lower right; inscribed on back 200 FOOT TITLE WAVE/ ONE WAY OF EXCAPE/ RAISE YOUR/ SHIP SET IT OVER THE/ TITLE WAVE
oil on found board with pieced frame of repurposed dowel scraps
Including artist-made frame 30 7/8 x 13 in.

Literature

Gail Andrews Trechsel, ed., Pictured in My Mind: Contemporary American Self-Taught Art (Birmingham, Alabama, 1995), pp. 70-71, fig. 39.

Exhibited

Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pictured in My Mind: Contemporary Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen, 4 February - 7 April 1996.

Lot Essay

The subject of this painting draws on Howard Finster's early and enduring interest in natural disasters. Created before Finster dated or numbered his pieces, the intricate detailing and outlined lettering of this work are painstakingly executed and in delicate contrast to the simplification and bold colors of his later output.

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