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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Don D Fore, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Don D Fore, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Nude On A Pool Table by Robert Weaver, Image 1.

    Robert Weaver

    Nude On A Pool Table, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    17 x 22.25 in (43.18 x 56.52 cm)

  3. Moving in the Wind by Karel Appel, Image 1.

    Karel Appel

    Moving in the Wind, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

  4. Late Afternoon by Gordon Mortensen, Image 1.

    Gordon Mortensen

    Late Afternoon, 1974

    Woodcut on paper

    17.25 x 23.5 in (43.82 x 59.69 cm)

  5. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene by McKendree Robbins Long, Image 1.

    McKendree Robbins Long

    Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene, c. 1965

    Oil on masonite panel

    39 x 29 in (99.06 x 73.66 cm)

  6. Jane Ball by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Jane Ball, 1954

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 10.875 in (35.56 x 27.62 cm)

  7. Jewelry Store Window by John French Sloan, Image 1.

    John French Sloan

    Jewelry Store Window, 1906

    Etching on paper

  8. Untitled by Kristina Rogers, Image 1.

    Kristina Rogers

    Untitled, No date

    Hand-colored gelatin silver print

    10.875 x 13.875 in (27.62 x 35.24 cm)

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About the artist

Beatrice Wood

American

1893-1998

American ceramicist, painter, and writer. Born in San Francisco, California in 1893 to wealthy parents, Wood spent her childhood surrounded by the arts in New York City. She studied at the Académie Julian in Giverny, France. Wood later joined the French National Repertory Theater where she played many roles as an ingénue. Her stage name was "Mademoiselle Patricia." Her career as an artist began when she created an abstract piece to show Marcel Duchamp, a painter, that anyone can create art. In her 30s, Wood moved to back to California. Her first exposure to ceramics was an adult education course at Hollywood High School, which she had taken to learn how to make a teapot to match some luster-glaze plates she had bought in Holland. A deepening interest in ceramics led her to study with renowned potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. Reaching the age of 105, she worked in her studio until two years before her death.