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ALBERT ALEXANDER SMITH
(1896 - 1940)
A Street in Rome
.
Etching on cream wove paper, 1923. 235x159
mm; 9
1
/
4
x6
1
/
4
inches, full margins. Signed in
pencil, lower margin. Titled and numbered
29/50 in ink, lower margin.
Illustrated: Leininger-Miller, Theresa.
New
Negro Artists in Paris
, p. 216, fig. 101.
Albert Alexander Smith, a talented musician and
artist, moved to Paris in 1920 after graduating
from the National Academy of Design in New
York. Smith was one of the few known African-
American printmakers working in the early
1920s.Leininger-Miller p.210.
[2,000/3,000]
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ALBERT ALEXANDER SMITH
(1896 - 1940)
Market Place, Nice
.
Etching on cream wove paper, 1925. 197x130
mm; 7
3
/
4
x5
1
/
8
inches, full margins. Signed and
titled in ink, lower margin.
Another impression of this scarce print, entitled
Au Bout du Marché (Nice, France)
, was sold at
Swann Galleries on February 13, 2014.
[2,000/3,000]
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