About the Artwork
Black Folks
1972
Vincent Smith
1929 - 2003
American
Unknown
Woodcut printed in color on oriental paper
Block: 9 1/8 × 12 inches (23.2 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (31.8 × 40.3 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Gift of the Estate of Vincent D. Smith
2005.35
Courtesy of The Estate of Vincent D. Smith
Markings
Signed, lower right: Vincent 72
Titled in pencil, lower center: Black Folks Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 1/4 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Vincent 72
Provenance
2005-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Courtesy of The Estate of Vincent D. Smith
Vincent Smith, Black Folks, 1972, woodcut printed in color on oriental paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Vincent D. Smith, 2005.35.
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