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First Day of School
Artist
Vincent D. Smith
(American, 1929 - 2003)
Date1965, printed 1994
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 8 7/8 x 10 in. (22.5 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2001.34.2
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: Vincent 65
Inscribedbottom left: 28/40; bottom center: First Day of School
Edition28/40
Exhibition HistoryCommunity Curates: Dreaming American Futures, June 25–August 23, 2026.
Public Spaces/Private Lives, Palmer Museum of Art, September 11–December 7, 2025.
African Art from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, March 1–June 5, 2011.