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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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First Day of School

1965 (printed 1994)
20th century
224 x 254 mm (8.8 x 10 in.)

Vincent Dacosta Smith, American, (1930–2003)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on heavyweight cream Arches wove paper

Series: from portfolio of eight etchings Eight Etchings

Edition: Number 21 from edition of 40 (plus 10 Artist’s Proofs and 5 Printer’s Proofs) printed by Kelly Driscoll at Bob Blackburn Workshop in 1994, under the supervision of Robert Blackburn and the artist; published by G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., and the artist. The plates were made in 1965 and 1966 by the artist, who printed a limited number of proofs prior to the edition. The edition is accompanied by a title sheet and colophon sheet in the portfolio box.

Marks: Signed in pencil below image, lower right: “Vincent 65”; inscribed in pencil below image, lower left: “21/40”; inscribed in pencil below image, lower center: “First Day of School”

Credit Line: Gift of George and Joan Violin, 2017

Accession Number: 2017.2.3

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African American artists*, African American culture, African American history, African American Studies, portfolios (groups of works)*, race (concept)*

African American artists - LC sh 85001794
African American culture
African American history
African American Studies
portfolios (groups of works) - Use when a group of works is brought together such as to exemplify the work of an artist or student, or if the works (usually by one artist) are issued or housed together in a portfolio.
race (concept) - Identification of a group of people as distinct from other groups on the basis of physical or socially defined characteristics, such as language. [May 1995 descriptor added.]

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 224 x 254 mm (8 13/16 x 10 in.)

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Vincent Dacosta Smith, American, (1930–2003) . First Day of School, 1965 (printed 1994). From Eight Etchings. Etching on heavyweight cream Arches wove paper. Plate : 225 x 254 mm (8.9 x 10 in.). Sheet : 407 x 504 mm (16 x 19.8 in.). plate : 224 x 254 mm (8 13/16 x 10 in.). DAC accession number 2017.2.3. Gift of George and Joan Violin, 2017. (photo: M. Cook) .

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