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Graveyard Peoples Going into the Wilderness; the Prophets Calling Them

Purvis Young
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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
c. 1980
Paint on wood, with painted frame
24 x 48 inches
Collection of
Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

I paint funerals and graveyards because I see a lot of my friends pass. I been to a lot of funerals. I paint angels coming down to bless the peoples; guys carrying caskets sometimes; angel sitting on top of the caskets. Death to the people. Good people become angels. I don't know what happens to the bad ones.