Artist
WILLIAM KURELEK
(CANADIAN, 1927-1977)
Crime is Disappearing from the Streets (from the series "Glory to Man in the Highest: A Socio-Religious Satire")
Date1964
MediumGOUACHE
SupportMASONITE
DimensionsOverall: 70 x 81.9 cm
Credit LineART FUND, 1970
Object number70.A.54
NamePAINTING
![AGAIN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THE GLORY OF THEM AND HE SAID TO HIM: ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE IF THOU WILT FALL DOWN... (THIRD TEMPTATION) [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34399/thumbnail)
![BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID: IT IS WRITTEN NOT BY BREAD ALONE DOES MAN LIVE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34395/thumbnail)
![AND WHEN JESUS HAD BEEN BAPTISED HE IMMEDIATELY CAME UP FROM THE WATER AND BEHOLD THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED TO HIM AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING AS A DOVE AND BEHOLD A VOICE FROM THE HEAVENS SAID... [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34400/thumbnail)
![FROM THAT TIME, JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND SAY: REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34393/thumbnail)
![THEN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM TO THE HOLY CITY AND THERE SET HIM DOWN ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE SAYING TO HIM: IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, CAST YOURSELF DOWN TO EARTH… [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34401/thumbnail)
![HE WITHDREW INTO GALILEE AND LEAVING THE TOWN OF NAZARETH HE CAME AND DWELT IN CAPHARNUM WHICH IS BY THE SEA IN THE TERRITORY OF ZABULON AND NEPHTHALIN [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34394/thumbnail)
![AND AFTER FASTING FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS, HE WAS HUNGRY [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34405/thumbnail)
![THEN HE PERMITTED HIM (BAPTISM OF JESUS BY JOHN) [FROM THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW]](/internal/media/dispatcher/34397/thumbnail)