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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Billy Joel, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Billy Joel, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Afleck by Frank Faulkner, Image 1.

    Frank Faulkner

    Afleck, 1989

    Acrylic on canvas

    72 x 72 in (182.88 x 182.88 cm)

  3. Cleanth Brooks and Eudora Welty, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Cleanth Brooks and Eudora Welty, Oxford, Miss., 1987

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  4. Pomp by Mel Stanforth, Image 1.

    Mel Stanforth

    Pomp, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    30.125 x 22.25 in (76.52 x 56.52 cm)

  5. Domestic Scene by John David Boyd, Image 1.

    John David Boyd

    Domestic Scene, 1976

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    17.75 x 23.75 in (45.09 x 60.33 cm)

  6. Fred Kappel by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Fred Kappel, 1966

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 11 in (34.93 x 27.94 cm)

  7. In Paris by Kiyoshi Saito, Image 1.

    Kiyoshi Saito

    In Paris, 1961

    Woodblock on paper

    15.75 x 21.125 in (40.01 x 53.66 cm)

  8. Denise Darcel by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Denise Darcel, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.25 x 10.25 in (33.66 x 26.04 cm)

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About the artist

Graham Ovenden

British

b. 1943

British painter, photographer, photo-historian, and writer. Ovenden studied at the Royal College of Music and Southampton School of Art and graduated from the Royal College of Art (1968). He was a founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1975). His work is extremely controversial, and he was prosecuted but not found guilty for a production of hoax calotypes which he claimed were of Victorian street children (1980). In the 1990s, his work was investigated by the US and UK authorities as possible child pornography. (2009) He was charged by the UK for creating indecent images, but the trials collapsed. A few years later, Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one charge of indecent assault relating to the girls who modelled for him (2013). Many of his pieces have been either confiscated by the British government, banned by both countries, destroyed, or rendered inaccessible.