Vincent D. Smith

First Day of School

1965, printed 1994

A crowded audience watches a man on a platform presenting a row of children.
A crowded audience watches a man on a platform presenting a row of children.

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Date
1965, printed 1994

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 1/8 in. (50.5 × 41 cm) Image: 8 13/16 × 10 in. (22.4 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2016.214.1

Edition
9/40

Publication
Printed by Vincent D. Smith; printed by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop; published by G.W. Einstein Company , Inc.

Credit line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Violin

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/55530

Part of a series:
Eight Etchings, 1965–1966, from digital file, printed 1994
8 works

A seated homeless man wrapped in blankets on a city sidewalk with pedestrians and storefronts.
Crowded street market scene with people browsing stalls and shop signs in detailed black ink.
Two farmers stand in a field near a small farmhouse while a horse grazes nearby.
A crowded audience watches a man on a platform presenting a row of children.
A suited man speaks to a reclining patient on a bed in a cluttered office with signs.
A man in a cowboy hat paints a hooded, robed figure holding a cross behind a fence.
A ghostly figure leans over a seated person on a bed in a dark, sketchy room.
Crowded street scene print showing people walking past storefronts, lampposts, and a "For Rent" sign.

Vincent D. Smith
8 works in the collection

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