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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited by Hank Willis Thomas, Image 2.

    Hank Willis Thomas

    With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited, 2025

    Bronze

  2. Trumpet by Joyce Tenneson, Image 2.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Trumpet, 2020

    Archival pigment print

    22 x 17 in (55.88 x 43.18 cm)

  3. Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings), 1979

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  4. Pod II, Waiting by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Pod II, Waiting, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    28.5 x 22.375 in (72.39 x 56.83 cm)

  5. Two Pines by Linda Plotkin, Image 1.

    Linda Plotkin

    Two Pines, 1976

    etching on paper

    15 x 17.375 in (38.1 x 44.13 cm)

  6. Domestic Scene by John David Boyd, Image 1.

    John David Boyd

    Domestic Scene, 1976

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    17.75 x 23.75 in (45.09 x 60.33 cm)

  7. Unidentified Street Actress, Kent's Alley, Leland, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Unidentified Street Actress, Kent's Alley, Leland, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 cm)

  8. Light of the World, D by Robyn Denny, Image 1.

    Robyn Denny

    Light of the World, D, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    28.375 x 31.25 in (72.07 x 79.38 cm)

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About the artist

N. Jay Jaffee

American

1921-1999

N. Jay Jaffee was an American photographer from Kings, New York, known for his images of everyday life, city streets, political movements, portraits, and later, landscapes and seascapes. His documentary images reveal the beauty and mystery within mundane moments. Jaffee studied under Sid Grossman of the Photo League and was mentored by Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. His photographs are held in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery, the Library of Congress, the National Museum of American Art, the New York Public Library, and the Bibliothèque Nationale.