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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Craig by Richard Renaldi, Image 1.

    Richard Renaldi

    Craig, 2006

    Gelatin silver print

    22 x 17 in (55.88 x 43.18 cm)

  2. Slumber, from Six Burdens by Cris Bruch, Image 1.

    Cris Bruch

    Slumber, from Six Burdens, 1989

    Steel

    14.5 x 15.625 x 3 in (36.83 x 39.69 x 7.62 cm)

  3. Mary Lee and Belinda by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Mary Lee and Belinda, 1980

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  4. Object by John Wallace, Image 1.

    John Wallace

    Object, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    34.125 x 25.125 in (86.68 x 63.82 cm)

  5. Print E by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    Print E, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

    28.5 x 35.5 in (72.39 x 90.17 cm)

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

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Reduction woodcut

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  7. Trees by Richard Mayhew, Image 1.

    Richard Mayhew

    Trees, c. 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 12.75 in (25.4 x 32.39 cm)

  8. 丁子屋内てうさん (Courtesan And Her Attendant) by Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞, Image 1.

    Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞

    丁子屋内てうさん (Courtesan And Her Attendant), 1820

    Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

    11 x 5.125 in (27.94 x 13.02 cm)

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About the artist

Mark Tobey

American

1890-1976

Mark Tobey studied at The Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a fashion illustrator for McCall’s magazine. He had his first solo exhibition in 1917 at M. Knoedler & Co., New York. After converting to the Baha’i World Faith, he began his lifelong traveling. Tobey moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish School of Allied Arts. In the following years, he traveled to Paris, the Middle East, and finally Devonshire, England. Tobey taught at Dartington Hall, while also traveling throughout Mexico, the United States, and Asia. Returning to Seattle in 1938, he studied music theory and had his first retrospective at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Tobey became part of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded a Guggenheim International Award. He won the City of Venice painting prize at the Venice Biennale and became the first American painter to have a solo show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Tobey is known for densely calligraphic paintings and prints. His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He passed away in Basel, Switzerland in 1976.