Vincent D. Smith

The Moor in Harlem

1966, printed 1994

Crowded street market scene with people browsing stalls and shop signs in detailed black ink.
Crowded street market scene with people browsing stalls and shop signs in detailed black ink.

Vincent D. Smith, The Moor in Harlem, 1966, printed 1994. Etching and aquatint, sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 1/8 in. (50.5 × 41 cm) Image: 8 13/16 × 10 in. (22.4 × 25.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Violin 2016.214.4

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Date
1966, 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
2016.214.4

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/55533

Part of a series:
Eight Etchings, 1965-1966, 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.


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