FULTON. MO. MAY. 7.TH 1973. YES, 80" YEARS OF HARD" HARD; LABOUR. IS' A-HECK OF A LONG" LONG TIME; YES, SAWING WOOD, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM YES, MANY' FAMILIES: HAVE SAT BY: A RED HOT STOVE' AFTER A SAWED THEIR WOOD. I HAVE SHEARED MANY SHEEP, AND' GOATS I HAVE NAILED SHOES ON A NUMBER: OF HORSE'S. I HAVE PL-OWED' AND ORDERED, MANY GARDENS: FOR ONE THIRD THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY" JUST TO' GET ONE" ONE: tHIRD BRO-KE." i PLOWED WITH A SIX HORSE: TEAM." IN: LITTLE SHASTA. CAL-IN YEAR. 1905. I HAVE STACKED MANY. STACKS' OF: HAY" I HAVE HAULED MANY LOGS TO BE'SAWED INTO LUMBER; I HAVE WORKED' IN SOME OF THE LARGEST SAW MILL'S, IN THE U.S.A. I RUN STREET CARS IN. PINE BLUFF ARK. I DROVE SKILES' IN THE WABAS' RR. IN 1904. QUOTE. IN: THE SWEAT OF THEY FACE SHALT THOU: EAT BREAD; GEN.3:19. JESSE HOWARD.
Artist
Jesse Howard
(American, 1885 - 1983)
Date1973
MediumPaint on wood
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 90 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (27.94 × 229.87 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kohler Foundation, Inc. in collaboration with the Kansas City Art Institute
Object number2017.17.5
Signed“JESSE HOWARD” in black paint at the end of the bottom line in the righthand text column.
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DescriptionThe work consists of a wooden board painted white with three red, vertical stripes of paint, one in the middle of the board and the other two at the side edges, forming spaces for two columns of text. The text is painted in black capital letters. There are six ruled lines in the left column, and eight ruled lines in the right one.Exhibition HistoryFurther research needed.
The artist (1885–1983), Fulton, MO, May 7, 1973–April 24, 1974;
Purchased from the artist by the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, April 24, 1974;
Partially given to and partially purchased by the Kohler Foundation, 2016;
Gift of the Kohler Foundation, in collaboration with the Kansas City Art Institute, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Further research needed.
Copyright© Jesse Howard Estate / Kohler Foundation Inc.
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