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KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, APRIL 12. 1977. BY JESSE HOWARD.QUOTE. THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL HAS, 48 CHAPTERS, READ IT AND BELIEVE IT EZEKIEL. CHAPTER 1 ONE. VERSE 16. QUOTE, AND THEIR WORK WAS AS IT WERE A WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WHEEL.

KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, APRIL 12. 1977. BY JESSE HOWARD.QUOTE. THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL HAS, 48 CHAPTERS, READ IT AND BELIEVE IT EZEKIEL. CHAPTER 1 ONE. VERSE 16. QUOTE, AND THEIR WORK WAS AS IT WERE A WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WHEEL.

Artist Jesse Howard (American, 1885 - 1983)

Date1977

MediumPaint and possibly felt-tip pen on wood

DimensionsOverall: 7 × 3/8 × 44 1/8 inches (17.78 × 0.95 × 112.08 cm)

Credit LineGift of Kohler Foundation, Inc. in collaboration with the Kansas City Art Institute

Object number2017.17.3

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American Art

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DescriptionThe object is a wooden board that has been painted white. Text in black capital letters has been painted or written on four ruled lines running parallel to the longer sides of the board.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Further research needed.

Provenance

Provenance

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, 1977–2016;

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.

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Copyright© Jesse Howard Estate / Kohler Foundation Inc.

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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.

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.

Jesse Howard

1973

2017.17.5

FULTON. MO. FEBRUARY. FIRST. 1974 FREE THOUGHT; FREE SPEECH; YES" IN THIS DAY, AND AGE" WITH ALL OF OUR CHURCHES; SCHOOLS; AND COLLEDGES." YES, THE MOST SHOKING TRUTH" OF MY WHOLE LIFE IS, THE GREAT MULTITUDE' OF PEOPLE; THAT DONT KNOW A HOLY BIBLE' FROM A' FUNNY PAPER, OR AN ALMANAC; I HAVE TALKED TO A GREAT MANY PEOP-LE. AND JUST AS SOON AS I MENTION THE BIBLE THEY GET GOING; I SAY; SHAME ON YOU, YES, GO HANG YOUR HEAD'IN SHAME". IF YOU CANNOT" FIND'A ROPE; THEN HANG YOUR HEAD IN THE FORK=OF A TREE; MY BIBLE SAYS, QUOTE. AND IF A'KINGDOM BE' DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF; THAT KINGDOM CANNOT STAND. AND IF A HOUSE BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF THAT HOUSE CANNOT = STAND. AND IF SATAN RISE UP AGAINST HIMSELF, AND BE DIVIDED; HE: CANNOT STAND, BUT HATH AN END.ST= MARK.3=24=25=26. READ ON, AND ON. FREE THOUGHT, FREE SPEECH. YES, THE KINGDOM OF CALLAWAY

FULTON. MO. FEBRUARY. FIRST. 1974 FREE THOUGHT; FREE SPEECH; YES" IN THIS DAY, AND AGE" WITH ALL OF OUR CHURCHES; SCHOOLS; AND COLLEDGES." YES, THE MOST SHOKING TRUTH" OF MY WHOLE LIFE IS, THE GREAT MULTITUDE' OF PEOPLE; THAT DONT KNOW A HOLY BIBLE' FROM A' FUNNY PAPER, OR AN ALMANAC; I HAVE TALKED TO A GREAT MANY PEOP-LE. AND JUST AS SOON AS I MENTION THE BIBLE THEY GET GOING; I SAY; SHAME ON YOU, YES, GO HANG YOUR HEAD'IN SHAME". IF YOU CANNOT" FIND'A ROPE; THEN HANG YOUR HEAD IN THE FORK=OF A TREE; MY BIBLE SAYS, QUOTE. AND IF A'KINGDOM BE' DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF; THAT KINGDOM CANNOT STAND. AND IF A HOUSE BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF THAT HOUSE CANNOT = STAND. AND IF SATAN RISE UP AGAINST HIMSELF, AND BE DIVIDED; HE: CANNOT STAND, BUT HATH AN END.ST= MARK.3=24=25=26. READ ON, AND ON. FREE THOUGHT, FREE SPEECH. YES, THE KINGDOM OF CALLAWAY

Jesse Howard

1974

2017.17.4

FULTON. MO. MARCH.19.1973. THE COURT HOUSE' GANG." YES, THE COURT HOUSE GANG." YOU HAVE PROVED TO MY SATISFACTION." THAT YOU DON'T CARE ADAM'N" FOR' OLD MAN. HOWARD; ONLY. MY TAX $DOLLARS. YOU HAVE RAISED MY TAXES EVERY YEAR." FOR 28. LONG YEARS." YES, YOU ARE NOT SATI-SFIED" TO RAISE MY TAXES, BUT, SOME ONE OF THE GANG TOOK MY OLD AGE PENSION AWAY; MORE YET, YOU ARE: TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE; I WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE CARPTNERS UNION; I WAS FIRED BECAUSE, I WOULD NOT; HOOT, TOOT, SHOOT DICE; WITH THE GANG.

FULTON. MO. MARCH.19.1973. THE COURT HOUSE' GANG." YES, THE COURT HOUSE GANG." YOU HAVE PROVED TO MY SATISFACTION." THAT YOU DON'T CARE ADAM'N" FOR' OLD MAN. HOWARD; ONLY. MY TAX $DOLLARS. YOU HAVE RAISED MY TAXES EVERY YEAR." FOR 28. LONG YEARS." YES, YOU ARE NOT SATI-SFIED" TO RAISE MY TAXES, BUT, SOME ONE OF THE GANG TOOK MY OLD AGE PENSION AWAY; MORE YET, YOU ARE: TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE; I WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE CARPTNERS UNION; I WAS FIRED BECAUSE, I WOULD NOT; HOOT, TOOT, SHOOT DICE; WITH THE GANG.

Jesse Howard

1973

2017.17.1

JULY.4.1969. HI NABOR'! IF THAT = OLD GEE - ZER'S IN HEAVEN, LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE SAYS, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DEVIL WOULDN'T HAVE HIM. QUOTE. FIRE AND HAIL. SNOW AND VAPOUR. STORMY WIND FUL-LFILLING HIS WORD: PSALMS=148=8.

JULY.4.1969. HI NABOR'! IF THAT = OLD GEE - ZER'S IN HEAVEN, LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE SAYS, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DEVIL WOULDN'T HAVE HIM. QUOTE. FIRE AND HAIL. SNOW AND VAPOUR. STORMY WIND FUL-LFILLING HIS WORD: PSALMS=148=8.

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1969

2017.17.2

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