Hell It Is

NameSculpture

Artist Ronald Cooper (American, born 1931)

Artist Jessie Cooper (American, 1932 - 2013)

Date1998

Place madeFlemingsburg, KENTUCKY, United States, North America

MediumPapier-mâché , paint

Dimensions7 × 5 × 11 1/2 in. (17.78 × 12.7 × 29.2101 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Burt-Sellen Revocable Trust, A.2020.47.23

Object numberA.2020.47.23

DescriptionSlip-on style shoe with a vamp. Painted with figures and with sculptural figures emerging from inside--the figure at the back depicts the devil with horns and a tail. The shoe heel is white, black writing: Hell it Is; Ronald Cooper; copyright symbol; 98.