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Our First and Last Leaders of the Truth
Our First and Last Leaders of the Truth
Our First and Last Leaders of the Truth
Museum of International Folk Art

Our First and Last Leaders of the Truth

NamePainting
Maker Reverend Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001)
Date1977
Place madePennaville, Georgia, United States, North America
MediumWood, oil paint
Dimensions47 5/8 × 48 1/16 in. (121 × 122 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the International Folk Art Foundation, A.1978.22.4
Object numberA.1978.22.4
DescriptionLarge portrait of George Washington on wood in pink, white, black oils. In lower left hand corner smaller portraits of Jesus, Reverend Finster, and Robert Kennedy(?). Inscribed with Biblical passages.
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