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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Marsha Feigin

    Tennis, 1975

    Etching on paper

  2. Two Objects by John Wallace, Image 1.

    John Wallace

    Two Objects, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.88 cm)

  3. Untitled, from London Series I by Robert Motherwell, Image 1.

    Robert Motherwell

    Untitled, from London Series I, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    41 x 28.875 in (104.14 x 73.34 cm)

  4. White and Silver Frame by Beverly Pepper, Image 1.

    Beverly Pepper

    White and Silver Frame, 1968

    Collage on paper

    19.25 x 27.875 in (48.9 x 70.8 cm)

  5. Swimming in the Liffey, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 1.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Swimming in the Liffey, Dublin, 1963

    Archival pigment print

    19 x 13 in (48.26 x 33.02 cm)

  6. Landscape by Paul Georges, Image 1.

    Paul Georges

    Landscape, c. 1960

    Embossed lithograph on paper

    10 x 12.875 in (25.4 x 32.7 cm)

  7. Harold Feinstein

    Sheep Under Clouds, Ringoes, NJ, from Photographer's Choice: Harold Feinstein-Decades Four, 1958

    Gelatin silver print

    14.125 x 11.125 in (35.88 x 28.26 cm)

  8. Cuba Quarry by Logan Mock-Bunting, Image 1.

    Logan Mock-Bunting

    Cuba Quarry

    Chromogenic print

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

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About the artist

Joe Shannon

American

b. 1933

Joseph Shannon was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. His mother was an artist, and oil painting was prevalent throughout his childhood, leading him to finish his first painting at the age of 8. Despite attending the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and the Temple School of Art in Tucson, he considers himself largely self-taught. Starting from 23, he worked at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History as an exhibition technician, spending his lunch hour at the national Gallery. He met Washington artists Peter DeAnna and Jack Boul, becoming mutually influential friends that led him to paint full time, periodically leaving the Smithsonian. He had his first museum one-person show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1969. He showcased his work in mostly NYC and Washington venues, but there were other museums. He has continued to teach (the Corcoran, George Washington University & currently at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore), write review and articles for Art in America, Arts, Art News, the Washington Post, and the Washington Times in the last decade, and he almost always features a self-portrait in nude and often in a satirical fashion.