Down on the Farm

1965, printed 1994

Vincent Smith, Artist Kelly Driscoll, Printer G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., Publisher

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Title Down on the Farm

Artwork Date 1965, printed 1994

Makers Vincent Smith (Artist) American, 1929 - 2003 Kelly Driscoll (Printer) American, active 1990's (Publisher) G. W. Einstein Company, Inc.

Medium Etching printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions Plate: 7 × 8 7/8 inches (17.8 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 inches (50.2 × 40.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department African American Art

Credit Museum Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art Fund, Hal H. Smith Fund, and Elliot T. Slocum Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2002.164.7

Markings

Signed Signed, lower right: Vincent 65 Signed and dated on colophon, lower right: Vincent 94

Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 31/40 Titled in pencil, lower center: Down on the Farm Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Vincent 65 Signed and dated on colophon, lower right: Vincent 94

Marks Watermark: ARCHES | FRANCE

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2002-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Vincent Smith, Down on the Farm, 1965, printed 1994, etching printed in black ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art Fund, Hal H. Smith Fund, and Elliot T. Slocum Fund, 2002.164.7.