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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. My Own Hall Mark Cards, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    My Own Hall Mark Cards, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Prayer II by Jonathan Clemens, Image 1.

    Jonathan Clemens

    Prayer II, 1977

    Woodcut on paper

    13 x 12.5 in (33.02 x 31.75 cm)

  3. Watertower I by Allan D'Arcangelo, Image 1.

    Allan D'Arcangelo

    Watertower I, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    33.125 x 26.125 in (84.14 x 66.36 cm)

  4. Salmon River by Walter Darby Bannard, Image 1.

    Walter Darby Bannard

    Salmon River, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    21.75 x 31.75 in (55.25 x 80.65 cm)

  5. Orpheus, Stages of an Image by Varujan Boghosian, Image 1.

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  6. As I Opened Fire by Roy Lichtenstein, Image 1.

    Roy Lichtenstein

    As I Opened Fire, c. 1966

    Offset Lithograph on paper

    25.25 x 20.875 in (64.14 x 53.02 cm)

  7. Cleve Gray

    Cypress Trees: Granada, 1958

    Oil on linen

    40 x 20 in (101.6 x 50.8 cm)

  8. Enfants, Paris by Edouard Boubat, Image 1.

    Edouard Boubat

    Enfants, Paris, 1955

    Gelatin silver print

    9.25 x 13.875 in (23.5 x 35.24 cm)

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About the artist

William R. Ferris

American

b. 1942

Ferris is an American author and scholar born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ferris' work focused on southern African American folklore and culture. He earned his BA in English Literature from Davidson College in 1964, his MA in English Literature from Northwestern University in 1965, and a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He was selected by President Bill Clinton to be the Chair of the National Endowment of the Humanities, a position which he held from 1997 to 2001. Ferris has written fiction, poetry, as well as book, record, and film reviews. He has recorded blues albums and produced 15 documentary films on southern folklore.