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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Latané by Russ Warren, Image 1.

    Russ Warren

    Latané, 1988

    Acrylic on canvas

    60 x 90 in (152.4 x 228.6 cm)

  2. X Shift by Doug Warner, Image 1.

    Doug Warner

    X Shift, 1978

    Handmade paper

    15 x 21.875 in (38.1 x 55.56 cm)

  3. B.B. King, Yale University by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    B.B. King, Yale University, 1977

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  4. I Pass, like Night, from Land to Land from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 1.

    Patrick Procktor

    I Pass, like Night, from Land to Land from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.5 x 19.5 in (64.77 x 49.53 cm)

  5. SULGLOS II by Juergen Strunck, Image 1.

    Juergen Strunck

    SULGLOS II, 1970

    Relief print

    35 x 27.5 x 1.25 in (88.9 x 69.85 x 3.18 cm)

  6. Clam Digger by Willem De Kooning, Image 1.

    Willem De Kooning

    Clam Digger, 1970

    Lithograph on paper

    40.5 x 28 in (102.87 x 71.12 cm)

  7. Passage by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Passage, 1969

    Acrylic on canvas

    49 x 60 x 1.75 in (124.46 x 152.4 x 4.45 cm)

  8. El Cid, from Five Spanish Immortals by Salvador Dalí, Image 1.

    Salvador Dalí

    El Cid, from Five Spanish Immortals, 1965

    Etching on paper

    13.675 x 10.25 in (34.73 x 26.04 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.