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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Detail by Glenn Ligon, Image 1.

    Glenn Ligon

    Detail, 2014

    Three color screenprint on coventry rag

    9.5 x 14 in (24.13 x 35.56 cm)

  2. Rodney Crowell's Masterpiece, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rodney Crowell's Masterpiece, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Wood Baste by Sermin Kardestuncer, Image 1.

    Sermin Kardestuncer

    Wood Baste, 1996

    Thread, oil on wood

    12 x 11 in (30.48 x 27.94 cm)

  4. Clever Hunter, Three Bobcats by Gay Rogers, Image 1.

    Gay Rogers

    Clever Hunter, Three Bobcats, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    19.75 x 14.875 in (50.17 x 37.78 cm)

  5. Robert Amberg

    Doug Wallin Sowing Tobacco Bed, Sodom Laurel, North Carolina, 1978

    Gelatin silver print

    8.5 x 12.75 in (21.59 x 32.39 cm)

  6. Inmate on water break, Parchman Penitentiary, Camp B, Lambert, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Inmate on water break, Parchman Penitentiary, Camp B, Lambert, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    14 x 16.125 in (35.56 x 40.96 cm)

  7. Untitled by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    Untitled, 1971

    Gelatin silver print

    9.75 x 13.25 in (24.77 x 33.66 cm)

  8. Horse Power Versis Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Horse Power Versis Man

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

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About the artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian

1720-1778

Italian draftsman, printmaker, architect, and art theorist. Giovanni settled in Rome to study printmaking (1745) where he developed original etching technique of copperplate. He has created about 2,000 plates during his career, and is best known for accurate depiction, skill in techniques and expression of grandeur.