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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. City - Sound by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    City - Sound, 1972

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 15.875 in (50.8 x 40.32 cm)

  3. Dancers by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Dancers, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    40 x 27.5 in (101.6 x 69.85 cm)

  4. Leaping In The Blender by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Leaping In The Blender, 1965

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.75 in (50.48 x 40.01 cm)

  5. José Limón - Mexican Suite by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    José Limón - Mexican Suite, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.875 in (40.32 x 50.48 cm)

  6. Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

  7. Anna Sokolow - The Exile by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Anna Sokolow - The Exile, 1941

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.875 in (40.01 x 50.48 cm)

  8. Martha Graham - El Penitente, Solo, Erick Hawkins - El Flagellante by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham - El Penitente, Solo, Erick Hawkins - El Flagellante, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    19.75 x 15.875 in (50.17 x 40.32 cm)

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About the artist

Barbara Morgan

American

1900–1992

Born in Buffalo, Kansas, and raised in Southern California, Barbara Morgan attended UCLA and taught design, woodcut, and painting there. After attending a performance by the fledgling Martha Graham Company, Morgan began to work on a book of photographs capturing Graham’s dancers. After this, she continued to photograph other modern dancers, capturing individual, fleeting moments and turning them timeless. Morgan is also remembered as a co-founder of Aperture magazine in 1951, one of the few publications at the time to nurture a dialogue among photographers and treat photography as a fine art. Her works are held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, among others.