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VINCENT SMITH (1929 - 2003) Blue Nile.
Oil and sand on linen canvas, circa 1975. 711x914 mm; 28x36 inches. Signed "Vincent" in oil, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, New York; thence by descent, private collection.
Psychologist Kenneth B. Clark and his wife and professional partner, Mamie Phipps Clark, pioneered the psychology of race identity in school-aged children through several important studies and experiments in the mid-20th century. His witness testimony was instrumental in the legal rulings of Brown vs. the Board of Education, ruling that racial segregation in education was unconstitutional. He was the first black president of the American Psychological Association, founder of several important child development and youth organizations in Harlem, and was active in the Civil Rights Movement.
