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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Riverbank with tire (Ribera con llanta), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page, Image 1.

    Susan Harbage Page

    Riverbank with tire (Ribera con llanta), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging, 2011

    Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper

    17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)

  2. The Road to Less Talken, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Road to Less Talken, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Frank P. Herrera

    Beverly Bounderant, River Rock, Virginia, 1972

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 6.375 in (20.32 x 16.19 cm)

  5. Interior: Evening by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Interior: Evening, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    40.5 x 27.75 in (102.87 x 70.49 cm)

  6. Groucho Marx by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Groucho Marx, 1952

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 10.875 in (35.56 x 27.62 cm)

  7. Martha Graham, Primitive Mysteries by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham, Primitive Mysteries, 1935

    Gelatin silver print

  8. Allan Aldan by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Allan Aldan

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

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About the artist

Mark Tobey

American

1890-1976

Mark Tobey studied at The Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a fashion illustrator for McCall’s magazine. He had his first solo exhibition in 1917 at M. Knoedler & Co., New York. After converting to the Baha’i World Faith, he began his lifelong traveling. Tobey moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish School of Allied Arts. In the following years, he traveled to Paris, the Middle East, and finally Devonshire, England. Tobey taught at Dartington Hall, while also traveling throughout Mexico, the United States, and Asia. Returning to Seattle in 1938, he studied music theory and had his first retrospective at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Tobey became part of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded a Guggenheim International Award. He won the City of Venice painting prize at the Venice Biennale and became the first American painter to have a solo show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Tobey is known for densely calligraphic paintings and prints. His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He passed away in Basel, Switzerland in 1976.