First Day of Spring

1957–1958

W. Eugene Smith

Associated Names
W. Eugene Smith

Artist, American, 1918 - 1978

This is a black and white photograph of a snow-covered street scene with a street sign and traffic light. A vintage-style traffic light is covered in snow, and a trash can with a snowy top is visible in the foreground. In the distance, a "No Parking" sign stands. The ground is covered in snow, and there is a figure carrying white flowers in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 34.5 × 22.8 cm (13 9/16 × 9 in.)
    mount: 40.2 × 28.7 cm (15 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.154.24

  • Series Title

    "As From My Window I Sometimes Glance..."

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Robert B. Menschel, New York; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right impressed with graphite pencil: W. Eugene Smith; on verso, by artist, upper right in graphite: First Day of Spring / "As From My Window / I Sometimes Glance"; by unknown hand, top center circled: 48; upper center artist stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center in graphite: E56 / R154; center right artist stamp three times in black ink; by unknown hand, lower center in grease pencil: Black Savage Bound [underlined] / note cropping / 16 x 20 [underlined]

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