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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Sitting on the High Line, New York, Thursday, November 10, 2011, From the City Stages Portfolio by Matthew Pillsbury, Image 1.

    Matthew Pillsbury

    Sitting on the High Line, New York, Thursday, November 10, 2011, From the City Stages Portfolio, 2011

    Platinum print

    8.75 x 11.25 in (22.23 x 28.58 cm)

  2. Snow and Pine and Winter Dark by Brian T. Leahy, Image 1.

    Brian T. Leahy

    Snow and Pine and Winter Dark, 2011

    Acrylic on board

    48 x 48 in (121.92 x 121.92 cm)

  3. Fingers and Holes by Bruce Nauman, Image 1.

    Bruce Nauman

    Fingers and Holes, 1994

    Etching on paper

    32 x 32.25 in (81.28 x 81.92 cm)

  4. Untitled by Kristina Rogers, Image 1.

    Kristina Rogers

    Untitled, 1993

    Gelatin silver print mounted to board

    11.75 x 11.75 in (29.85 x 29.85 cm)

  5. Morning by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    Morning, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    15.125 x 22.375 in (38.42 x 56.83 cm)

  6. Mujer con Naranja by Francisco Zúñiga, Image 1.

    Francisco Zúñiga

    Mujer con Naranja, 1974

    Screenprint in colors on paper

    25.5 x 17.5 in (64.77 x 44.45 cm)

  7. Jack Carter by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Jack Carter, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.25 x 10.25 in (33.66 x 26.04 cm)

  8. The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page, Image 1.

    Susan Harbage Page

    The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 2007-2020

    Chromogenic print

    17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)

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About the artist

Sidney Nolan

Australian

1917–1992

Australian modernist painter. Nolan attended the National Gallery of Victoria’s School of Art but was mostly influenced by books on Picasso, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and the Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was in Melbourne. He was conscripted into the army (1942) and served two years in northwestern Victoria, where he painted landscape and figures. He deserted the army (1944) and began his painting series of Ned Kelly, which made the Kelly Gang made Ned Kelly iconic of Australian identity. He left Melbourne (1947) to paint historical series while trekking across Queensland, Fraser Island and Central Australia. He went to London, Greece and the US (1951) and designed for theatre and opera, including Samon et Dalila (1987), The Abduction from the Seraglio (1987), and II Trovatore (1983). He became an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Arts (1987) and Companion of the Order of Australia (1988).