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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  2. Unidentified Girl (White Shirt, With Ball) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Girl (White Shirt, With Ball), 1979

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  3. Nijinsky As Petrouchka, Study #1 by Ann Carter Pollard, Image 1.

    Ann Carter Pollard

    Nijinsky As Petrouchka, Study #1, 1978

    Woodcut on rice paper

    21.5 x 14.5 in (54.61 x 36.83 cm)

  4. Triangles Within a Square VI by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Triangles Within a Square VI, 1971

    Etching on paper

    24.75 x 17.875 in (62.87 x 45.4 cm)

  5. Orpheus, Stages of an Image by Varujan Boghosian, Image 1.

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  6. Personnages by Pablo Picasso, Image 1.

    Pablo Picasso

    Personnages, 1966

    Etching on paper

  7. Brigitte Bardot by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Brigitte Bardot, 1955

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 10.75 in (35.56 x 27.31 cm)

  8. Beech Tree IV by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Beech Tree IV, 1945

    Gelatin silver print

    12.75 x 11.25 in (32.39 x 28.58 cm)

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About the artist

William R. Ferris

American

b. 1942

Ferris is an American author and scholar born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ferris' work focused on southern African American folklore and culture. He earned his BA in English Literature from Davidson College in 1964, his MA in English Literature from Northwestern University in 1965, and a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He was selected by President Bill Clinton to be the Chair of the National Endowment of the Humanities, a position which he held from 1997 to 2001. Ferris has written fiction, poetry, as well as book, record, and film reviews. He has recorded blues albums and produced 15 documentary films on southern folklore.