COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1988.74.7
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Finster, Howard
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
born 1916
Creator Name-CRT:
Howard Finster
Title:
AND THE MOON BECAME AS BLOOD
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1976
Creation Start Date:
1976
Creation End Date:
1976
Materials and Techniques:
enamel on fiberboard
Dimensions:
29 5/8 x 30 1/8 in. (75.0 x 76.4 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1988.74.7
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Inscriptions:
lower right in white paint: HOWARD/FINSTERback upper right in black: H.W.H.(underlined)/31frame back upper right in black: H.W.H. 31upper left in black paint:REV-6=12./AND THE SUN/BECAME BLACK/AS SACKCLOTH/OF HAIRupper right in red paint: REV-6=12/AND THE MOON/BECAME AS BLOOD (underlined)center right in red paint: REV-16-3-ANDTHE SECOND/ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL/UPON THE SEA: AND IT BECAME/AS THE BLOOD OF A DEADMAN:/AND EVER LIVING SOUL DIED/IN THE SEA.center in white paint: SEA OF BLOODlowerleft in red and white paint: REV-14=20-AND BLOOD/CAME OUT THE WINEPRESS/EVEN UNTO THEHORSE BRIDLES (written on an angle)lower left in white paint: WINE/PRESS OF/BLOODcenter in red paint: REV-16=4 AND THE THIR ANGEL POURED/OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE RIVERSAND/FOUNTAINS OF WATER: AND THEY/BECAME BLOODlower right in black paint: THE FOUNTAIN/OFBLOODlower right in white paint: THE RIVER OF BLOOD
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1988.74.7.tif
