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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Lucien Clergue

    Dune at White Sands II, White Sands National Park, NM, 1988

    Chromogenic print

    10 x 29.25 in (25.4 x 74.3 cm)

  2. Baby by Richard Swanson, Image 1.

    Richard Swanson

    Baby, c. 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  3. Childhood by John H. Hunter, Image 1.

    John H. Hunter

    Childhood, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 15 in (57.15 x 38.1 cm)

  4. Print Dealer and His Lamp by Sigmund Abeles, Image 1.

    Sigmund Abeles

    Print Dealer and His Lamp, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    22.4375 x 15.125 in (56.99 x 38.42 cm)

  5. My Garden by Julian Trevelyan, Image 1.

    Julian Trevelyan

    My Garden, 1973

    Etching on paper

    23 x 30.5 in (58.42 x 77.47 cm)

  6. Hedges by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Hedges, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    27.5 x 40.125 in (69.85 x 101.92 cm)

  7. Ah! Aye! le Cas Est Pressant by Jean Biraud, Image 1.

    Jean Biraud

    Ah! Aye! le Cas Est Pressant, 1824

    Hand-colored lithograph on paper

    14 x 11.5 in (35.56 x 29.21 cm)

  8. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Love's Labor's Lost by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Love's Labor's Lost, 1803

    Engraving on paper

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About the artist

N. Jay Jaffee

American

1921-1999

N. Jay Jaffee was an American photographer from Kings, New York, known for his images of everyday life, city streets, political movements, portraits, and later, landscapes and seascapes. His documentary images reveal the beauty and mystery within mundane moments. Jaffee studied under Sid Grossman of the Photo League and was mentored by Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. His photographs are held in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery, the Library of Congress, the National Museum of American Art, the New York Public Library, and the Bibliothèque Nationale.