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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Boykins by Ryan O'Malley, Image 1.

    Ryan O'Malley

    Boykins, 2008

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22.125 in (76.2 x 56.2 cm)

  2. A Composition with Figures and a Cart by Heri Dono, Image 1.

    Heri Dono

    A Composition with Figures and a Cart, 2005

    Mixed media and collage on cardboard

    16 x 16 in (40.64 x 40.64 cm)

  3. BT & His Inner Demon by Kirk Fanelly, Image 1.

    Kirk Fanelly

    BT & His Inner Demon, 2004

    Oil on panel

    25.25 x 17 x 1 in (64.14 x 43.18 x 2.54 cm)

  4. John McIver

    Sequence 43, 1996

    Watercolor on paper

  5. Birds Over the City by Ben Shahn, Image 2.

    Ben Shahn

    Birds Over the City, 1968

    Lithograph on Arches woven paper

    29.25 x 21.5 in (74.3 x 54.61 cm)

  6. Maudie Shirley , Clarksdale by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Maudie Shirley , Clarksdale, 1968

    Gelatin silver print

    17 x 11 in (43.18 x 27.94 cm)

  7. Imogene Coca by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Imogene Coca, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  8. Study of Figures and Horses by Eugène Delacroix, Image 1.

    Eugène Delacroix

    Study of Figures and Horses, c. 1820

    Ink on paper

    7.5 x 11.5 in (19.05 x 29.21 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.