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Sister Gertrude Morgan (American/New Orleans, 1900-1980), "Rev. 8, Opening of the seventh seal And when he opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven abound. The space of half an hour", crayon, pencil and mixed media on cardboard, unsigned, 8 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in., framed. Provenance: Private Collection. Ill.: Alexander, Wade. God's Greatest Hits: Thirty-One of His Best. New York: Random House, 1970 Note: The American poet and singer Rod McKuen was introduced to the work of the self taught artist Sister Gertrude Morgan by E. Lorenz (Larry) Borenstein in the 1960s. McKuen became an avid collector of Morgan's work and selected paintings from his collection for illustrations in the 1970 book of biblical quotations entitled God's Greatest Hits: Thirty-One of his Best. The book proved to be popular and sold over 300,000 copies.