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Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art

Creator: Vincent D. Smith
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
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.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Watercolor
Condition:	Good. Excellent, art is glued to support board
Creation Date:	1972
Styles / Movements:	Expressionism, Outsider Art, African American
Incollect Reference #:	739992

Dimensions

W.	18.25 in;	H.	12.35 in;
W.	46.36 cm;	H.	31.37 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.