Howard Finster

Labulo City
1990

A colorful and intricate artwork featuring a large, stylized face in the center with green eyes and pink lips, surrounded by a dense, cityscape filled with buildings, people, and text. The face has planets and stars in the hair area with phrases like "If you need a smile, I got it. If you need understanding, that's what I'm here for." The border of the image is decorated with a pattern of diamonds and scallops in bright colors. Text at the bottom indicates the piece is by Howard Finster and dated August 15, 1988.
A colorful and intricate artwork featuring a large, stylized face in the center with green eyes and pink lips, surrounded by a dense, cityscape filled with buildings, people, and text. The face has planets and stars in the hair area with phrases like "If you need a smile, I got it. If you need understanding, that's what I'm here for." The border of the image is decorated with a pattern of diamonds and scallops in bright colors. Text at the bottom indicates the piece is by Howard Finster and dated August 15, 1988.

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Date
1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 1/8 × 34in. (61.3 × 86.4 cm) Image: 17 1/4 × 28 1/16in. (43.8 × 71.3 cm)

Accession number
96.254

Edition
7/90 | 10 APs, 10 PPs

Publication
Printed by Art Images Studio; published by Mountain Lake Workshop

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ray Kass in honor of Paul Cummings

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Howard Finster / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/11109

Howard Finster
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