Down on the Farm
Vincent R. Smith, American, 1929 - 2004
1966
Woodcut on paper
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 7/8 in. (18 × 22.6 cm)
Mount: 9 5/8 × 10 15/16 in. (24.5 × 27.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Tamara W. Northern in appreciation of Leonard Rieser and his support of the arts at Dartmouth, and in recognition of his 46 years of service to the college in many capacities from 1952-1998 as Professor, Dean of Faculty, and Provost
2014.100.3
Printer
Robert Blackburn Workshop, New York (Rober Blackburn, American, 1920-2003)
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on mount, lower right, in graphite: Vincent 66; inscribed, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Etching; inscribed, on mount, lower center, in graphite: Down on the Farm
Label
Though born and raised in Brooklyn and deeply immersed in the social networks of New York City, Vincent Smith spent a portion of his teenage years hopping trains and working on the Lackawanna Railroad, giving him a glimpse into rural American life.
Smith’s father had left his family’s farm and oil fields in Barbados for urban life in the United States in the 1920s. This agricultural heritage, together with the artist’s experience as a part of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, informs his imagined coastal farm scene.
From the 2022 exhibition This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, curated by Jami C. Powell, Curator of Indigenous Art; Barbara J. MacAdam, former Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art; Thomas H. Price, former Curatorial Assistant; Morgan E. Freeman, former DAMLI Native American Art Fellow; and Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Course History
ANTH 7.05, Animals and Humans, Laura Ogden, Winter 2022
GEOG 31.01, Postcolonial Geographies, Erin Collins, Winter 2022
ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022
ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022
ARTH 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2022
ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022
ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022
SPAN 65.15, Wonderstruck: Archives and the Production of Knowledge in an Unequal World, Silvia Spitta and Barbara Goebel, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–April 11, 2022.
Provenance
Acquired by Tamara Northern, 1966; given to the present collection, 2014.
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