First Day of Spring, 1957–1958

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series Title

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

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Robert B. Menschel

Accession Number

2022.154.24

Artists / Makers

W. Eugene Smith (artist) American, 1918 - 1978

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Inscription

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]

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Menschel, Robert B. Mr.