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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Natalie Wood, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Natalie Wood, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Pond and Garden by Don Mahy, Image 1.

    Don Mahy

    Pond and Garden, 1983

    Acrylic and stencils on canvas

    8.5 x 10 in (21.59 x 25.4 cm)

  3. Standing Nude by Robert Weaver, Image 1.

    Robert Weaver

    Standing Nude, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    20.25 x 15.125 in (51.44 x 38.42 cm)

  4. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  5. Untitled by Harold Boyd, Image 1.

    Harold Boyd

    Untitled, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    13 x 19.75 in (33.02 x 50.17 cm)

  6. Memory of a Porch by John Grazier, Image 1.

    John Grazier

    Memory of a Porch, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  7. Circus Troupe by George Raymond Kerciu, Image 1.

    George Raymond Kerciu

    Circus Troupe, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

    38.125 x 31 in (96.84 x 78.74 cm)

  8. Robyn Geddes by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Robyn Geddes, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 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.