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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. James Garner, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    James Garner, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Lucien Clergue

    Birds at Point Lobos, Point Lobos State Park, Carmel, CA, 1988

    Chromogenic print

    10 x 29.25 in (25.4 x 74.3 cm)

  3. Deals and Blonde, Lexington, KY, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Deals and Blonde, Lexington, KY, Social Context, 1987

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  4. Mariandynae Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 2.

    Alan Saret

    Mariandynae Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. 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)

  6. Karel Appel

    Fighting Cat, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

  7. Untitled by Peter Agostini, Image 1.

    Peter Agostini

    Untitled, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    26.375 x 32.1875 in (66.99 x 81.76 cm)

  8. Icarian Image III by S. Tucker Cooke, Image 1.

    S. Tucker Cooke

    Icarian Image III, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    25.25 x 34 in (64.14 x 86.36 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.