Vincent Smith 1930-2004
The Triumph of B.L.S., 1974
Etching on paper
33 x 30 in.
83.8 x 76.2 cm
83.8 x 76.2 cm
34 of 35
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Abstracted composition with figural elements and African Masks. Etching on Arches paper. Edition #34/35.Impression: Our World Volume Description: Portfolio presentation of seven etched prints from Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop by artists Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor, Norman Lewis, Vincent Smith, and John Wilson. Includes introduction by Romare Bearden and essay by Edmund B. Gaither, special consultant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director, Museum, National Center of Afro-American Artists.Made by the Printmaking Workshop, New York City, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974. (Moroquain, Inc. (portfolio cover), Haber Typographers, Inc. and Franklin Photo-Lettering (typography), and Lautrec Litho Portfolio (7 prints and 7 leaves of text), etching with aquatint (prints), and lithograph (text).
Provenance
Swann Auction 2303Exhibitions
"American Duet: Jazz & Abstract Art", Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art. Dates: Nov 15, 2024 - Jan 4, 2026"Mobility: African American Artists Abroad", Truman State University. Dates: Jan 2, 2024 - Mar 8, 2024.
"Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes", Princeton University Art Museum. Dates: Sep 26, 2017 - Jan 17, 2018
"Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: Jan 28, 2017 - Jun 18, 2017
Publications
Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen DykstraRelated artists
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Charles Henry Alston
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Emma Amos
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William Artis
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Herman “Kofi” Bailey
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Radcliffe Bailey
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Edward M. Bannister
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Richmond Barthé
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Romare Bearden
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Dawoud Bey
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John Biggers
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Camille Billops
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Robert Blackburn
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James Brantley
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Moe Brooker
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Grafton Tyler Brown
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Natalie Erin Brown
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Barbara Bullock
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Calvin Burnett
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Margaret Burroughs
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Charles Burwell
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Donald E. Camp
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Ralph Chessé
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Sonya Clark
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Kevin Cole
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Willie Cole
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Eldzier Cortor
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Ernest Crichlow
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Marita Dingus
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John Dowell
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David Driskell
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James Dupree
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Allan Edmunds
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Allan Freelon
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Reginald Gammon
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Herbert Gentry
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Sam Gilliam
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Rex Goreleigh
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Palmer Hayden
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Curlee Holton
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Ed Hughes
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Bill Hutson
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Martina Johnson-Allen
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Frederick D. Jones
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Lois Mailou Jones
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Paul Keene
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Avel de Knight
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Columbus Knox
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Beni E. Kosh
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Artis Lane
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Hughie Lee-Smith
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Norman Lewis
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Samella Lewis
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Deryl Mackie
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Tom Malloy
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Ulysses Marshall
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Richard Mayhew
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James C. McMillan
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Sam Middleton
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Norma Morgan
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Chris Ofili
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Debra Priestly
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Faith Ringgold
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Charles Sallee
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Joyce Scott
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Charles Searles
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Sterling Shaw
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Louis Sloan
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Arvie Smith
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Vincent Smith
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Nelson Stevens
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Mickalene Thomas
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Dox Thrash
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James VanDerZee
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Kara Walker
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Laura Wheeler Waring
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Gregory Warmack
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Richard Watson
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James Lesesne Wells
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Charles E. Williams
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John Wilson
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Beulah Woodard
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Hale Woodruff
