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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Clark Kent, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Clark Kent, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.875 in (27.94 x 22.54 cm)

  2. Anette, Jo Ella & Barbie Too by Future Akins-Tillet, Image 1.

    Future Akins-Tillet

    Anette, Jo Ella & Barbie Too, 1982

    Screenprint on paper

    22.75 x 29.75 in (57.79 x 75.57 cm)

  3. Collaboration: Slab by Jim McCormick, Image 1.

    Jim McCormick

    Collaboration: Slab, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    16.125 x 11.25 in (40.96 x 28.58 cm)

  4. Lolita Seductive by Graham Ovenden, Image 1.

    Graham Ovenden

    Lolita Seductive, 1975

    Etching on paper

    26 x 26 in (66.04 x 66.04 cm)

  5. The Elephant by John Talleur, Image 1.

    John Talleur

    The Elephant, 1973

    Etching and aquatint on paper mounted to board

    28.125 x 39.75 in (71.44 x 100.97 cm)

  6. January 1973: 7 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    January 1973: 7, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    23 x 31.5 in (58.42 x 80.01 cm)

  7. French Postcard Series by Peter Blake, Image 1.

    Peter Blake

    French Postcard Series, 1969

    Photo screenprint on board

    16.75 x 10.625 in (42.55 x 26.99 cm)

  8. Old Lady on Beach by David Levine, Image 1.

    David Levine

    Old Lady on Beach, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    23 x 14.875 in (58.42 x 37.78 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.