My Lord What a Morning
1958
Black-and-white lithograph
10” x 16” plate
This black-and-white lithograph is the final image in our folio, and represents a Cold War solution to battle. The Vanguard satellite shown in the upper left corner was the United States antidote to the Sputnik, and symbolized the manner in which people could be made safe through intelligence gathering. In messaging the print is similar to Judgement Day, and in layout and design it resembles Right in the Palm of God’s Hand, a.k.a., He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.
The flat, expansive Eastern Shore landscape next to the water’s edge shows people worshipping in groups by the water as enslaved persons did before they were permitted to build their own churches. Their hands are outstretched toward the sun in an African fashion to embrace the sun and the dawning of a new day and hopefully a better world.