About the Artwork
Waiting for the Number Man
1971
Vincent Smith
1929 - 2003
American
Unknown
Etching and aquatint printed in black ink on heavy off-white wove paper
Plate: 9 × 10 inches (22.9 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 inches (28.3 × 38.1 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Gift of the Estate of Vincent D. Smith
2005.37
Courtesy of The Estate of Vincent D. Smith
Markings
Signed, lower right: Vincent 71
Titled in pencil, lower center: Waiting for the number man Inscribed in pencil, lower left: AP Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Vincent 71
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, Waiting for the Number Man, 1971, etching and aquatint printed in black ink on heavy off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Vincent D. Smith, 2005.37.
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