Vincent Smith
Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art, 1972
Watercolor
12 3/10 × 18 1/4 in / 31.2 × 46.4 cm
$ 11,000.00
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African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up against and...
African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up against and grasping the steel bars that incarcerate them. The label on the back, Smith titles, " Atticia". It refers to the four-day Attica Prison Riot in September 1971. Also referred to as the "Attica Prison Massacre," in which 33 inmates were killed, many of African American descent. Smith watercolor is an early protest statement in the war against racial inequality. The work is dynamically painted in a quick expressionist style using strong colors with deep blacks for the prison bars. Signed lower left Vincent. ( in homage to Vincent Van Gogh )
Framed under glass to 18.25 x 24.25. Housed in the original period metal frame.
Framed under glass to 18.25 x 24.25. Housed in the original period metal frame.