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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Ksenia's Hair by Ira Lupu, Image 1.

    Ira Lupu

    Ksenia's Hair, 2023

    Pigment print mounted to dibond

    17.75 x 21.75 in (45.09 x 55.25 cm)

  2. Soul 101 (A lesson on soul from the Godfather) by Chris Watts, Image 1.

    Chris Watts

    Soul 101 (A lesson on soul from the Godfather), 2011

    Acrylic, photo transfer, ink, and graphite on paper

    22 x 29.5 in (55.88 x 74.93 cm)

  3. Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden by Yoshida Toshi, Image 1.

    Yoshida Toshi

    Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden, c. 1980

    Woodblock on paper

    20.5 x 10.5 in (52.07 x 26.67 cm)

  4. Plonguese by Hiroko Yoshimoto, Image 1.

    Hiroko Yoshimoto

    Plonguese, 1979

    Etching on paper

    19.5 x 20.25 in (49.53 x 51.44 cm)

  5. Bats by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Bats, 1978

    Offset print

    19.8125 x 13.875 in (50.32 x 35.24 cm)

  6. Lolita Recumbent by Graham Ovenden, Image 1.

    Graham Ovenden

    Lolita Recumbent, 1971

    Etching on paper

    26 x 26 in (66.04 x 66.04 cm)

  7. Spartin Sun Box I by Theodoros Stamos, Image 1.

    Theodoros Stamos

    Spartin Sun Box I, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    23.875 x 25.875 in (60.64 x 65.72 cm)

  8. The Dance by William Ross Abrams, Image 1.

    William Ross Abrams

    The Dance, 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    16.4375 x 22.4375 in (41.75 x 56.99 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).