
"Block painting" is a technique developed by Charles Smith which combines oil painting and woodcut printing. See inscription for 54.20.1 for more information.
Signed Charles Smith in red colored pencil lower right
Inscribed in graphite lower right: "S46-17" and "30.00." Inscribed in graphite lower left: 16. Printed on front of mat beneath image lower left: Five Cross Ones
John Barton Payne Fund
"Charles Smith's Zoo", Virginia Museum Traveling Exhibition, 1954- ca. 2008 (exact retirement date of statewide exhibition pending further research)
©artist or artist’s estate
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