Day 1: Folk Art, Outsider & Self-Taught. Day 2: Two Private Native American Collections with Select Additions
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 31
Z.B. (Zebedee) Armstrong - 'In God We Trust' Millennium Calendar
Estimate: $200 - $400
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $200 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $50,000 |
Z.B. (Zebedee) Armstrong (1911-1993) - "In God We Trust" Millennium calendar, double-sided. Suspended by wire in frame. Marker on cardboard.
Framed: H 14-1/2 in. W 17-1/2 in. D 4 in.
Exhibited: American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
Provenance: Slotin Auction, 2000.
Armstrong was born in McDuffie County, Georgia near Thomson, Georgia. He attended school until eighth grade when he left and began working in the local cotton fields. He married Ulamay Demmons in 1929 and had two daughters.For much of his life, he worked picking cotton on the local Mack McCormick farm.
In 1972, he claimed to be visited by an angel who warned him saying, "Our time has gone to waste...Judgement day will come and at what hour only God knows." After this vision, Armstrong became increasingly reclusive. He became increasingly focused on The Book of Revelation and the idea that time was coming to an end.He began to make calendars, in the form of three-dimensional wooden sculptures, that would help predict the date on which Judgement Day would start. Armstrong would add grids to these calendars drawn in black, red and blue permanent marker. Armstrong referred to this process as "taping with time."He would also write dates and scripture passages on the calendars in order help further discern the date of Judgement Day. Armstrong went on to construct almost 1,500 box calendars with the aim of trying to determine the exact date of the approaching doomsday.
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