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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Cleve Gray

    Resurrection Series, 1986

    Acrylic on paper mounted to burlap and board

    29.75 x 22 in (75.57 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Monument by Robert Ecker, Image 2.

    Robert Ecker

    Monument, 1978

    Mezzotint on paper

    7 x 5 in (17.78 x 12.7 cm)

  3. Cofer

    The Tourist, 1977

    Color pencil on paper

    28 x 38.5 in (71.12 x 97.79 cm)

  4. Igloos by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Igloos, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27.375 x 40 in (69.53 x 101.6 cm)

  5. Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York by Louis Stettner, Image 1.

    Louis Stettner

    Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1957

    Gelatin silver print

    26.5 x 20.125 in (67.31 x 51.12 cm)

  6. Jongleurs by Marino Marini, Image 1.

    Marino Marini

    Jongleurs, 1951

    Etching on paper

    12.5 x 9.75 in (31.75 x 24.77 cm)

  7. Frankie and Johnnie, From the series The Missouri State Capitol Murals by Thomas Hart Benton, Image 1.

    Thomas Hart Benton

    Frankie and Johnnie, From the series The Missouri State Capitol Murals, 1936

    Lithograph on paper

    17 x 23 in (43.18 x 58.42 cm)

  8. Beer Street by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    Beer Street, 1751

    Copperplate engraving on paper

    13 x 16 in (33.02 x 40.64 cm)

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About the artist

Joan Miró

Spanish

1893-1983

Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. Joan Miro (1883-1983) was painter, sculptor, and ceramicist and a seminal figure in 20th-century avant-garde painting. The artist first studied commerce before defying his parents and enrolling in the art academy in his hometown. In 1919, Miró moved to Paris where he fell into the Surrealist milieu, befriending André Breton, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, and André Masson. Miró’s work profoundly influenced several American painters, including Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko. The artist died at age 90 on December 25, 1983 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Widely considered one of the leading Surrealists (though he was never officially part of the group), he was also a pioneer of automatism: a method of spontaneous drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche. Miró used color and form in a symbolic manner, developing intricate compositions and a wandering linear style that combined abstract elements with recurring motifs such as birds, eyes, and the moon.His piece “World Trade Center Tapestry” was one of the most expensive works lost in 9/11.