Eight Etchings, 1965–1966

Inscription: Sheet a. inscribed under plate: 18/40 Dispossess Vincent 66
Sheet b. inscribed under plate: 18/40 The Moor in Harlem VIncent 66
Sheet c. inscribed under plate: 18/40 First Day of School Vincent 65
Sheet d. inscribed under plate: 18/40 Housing Northen Style Vincent 65
Sheet e. inscribed under plate: 18/40 The Long Hot Summer Vincent 65
Sheet f. inscribed under plate: 18/40 Shadows in Harlem Vincent 65
Sheet g. inscribed under plate: 18/40 Down on the Farm Vincent 65
Sheet h. inscribed under plate: 18/40 Mississippii [sic] Incident Vincent 65

Title Page inscribed: VINCENT D. SMITH / EIGHT ETCHINGS 1965-1966 / G.W. EINSTEIN COMPANY, INC. / NEW YORK 1994

Colophon inscribed: Eight Etchings by Vincent D. Smith / was printed on Arches paper in 1994 / by Kelly Driscoll at / The Printmaking Workshop / under the supervision of / Robert Blackburn and the artist. / The plates were made by the artist / in 1965 and 1966. A limited number of proofs have been printed by the artist / prior to this edition. / The plates have been canceled. / Forty suites are numbered 1/40 to 40/40 / Ten suites are signed artist's proofs / Five suites are signed printer's proofs / [signed under text, in pencil]: 18/40 Vincent 94

[G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, until 2002; sold to MMA]

Ithaca. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. "Dreams, Myths, and Realities: A Vincent Smith Retrospective," January 27–March 18, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 45) (courtesy G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York) [possibly this edition].

"Prints & Photographs Published." Print Collector's Newsletter 25 (July–August 1994), p. 108, notes that this portfolio was printed at the Printmaking Workshop in New York by Kelly Driscoll, under the supervision of Robert Blackburn and the artist.

Nancy E. Green. "Dreams, Myths, and Realities: The Work of Vincent Smith." Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art (Fall/Winter 2001), p. 61, ill. p. 60 (color) ("Down on the Farm").

Nancy E. Green. Dreams, Myths, and Realities: A Vincent Smith Retrospective. Exh. cat., Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Ithaca, 2001, p. 11, ill. pp. 24–25 ("Down on the Farm" and "First Day of School" in color).

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