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

Artist Jesse Howard (American, 1885 - 1983)

Date1974

MediumPaint on wood

DimensionsOverall: 11 5/8 × 115 3/4 × 3/4 inches (29.53 × 294.01 × 1.91 cm)

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

Object number2017.17.4

Signed“BY JESSE HOWARD” in black paint below the last line of the righthand text column.

On View

Not on view

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American Art

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DescriptionThe work consists of a wooden board painted white with four red, vertical stripes of paint, two at the side edges and two dividing the board into three columns filled with text. The text is painted in black capital letters. There are six ruled lines in the left column, seven in the center, and eight in the right.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Further research needed.

Provenance

The artist (1885–1983), Fulton, MO, February 1, 1974–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.

Published References

Further research needed.

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