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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Homegrown, from "Night Movie" by Julie Blackmon, Image 1.

    Julie Blackmon

    Homegrown, from "Night Movie", 2011

    Artist book

    16 x 22 in (40.64 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Couples traveling on the Moscow River, Moscow, Russia by Peter Turnley, Image 1.

    Peter Turnley

    Couples traveling on the Moscow River, Moscow, Russia, 1988

    Archival pigment print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  3. Nude On A Couch by Robert Weaver, Image 1.

    Robert Weaver

    Nude On A Couch, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    15.25 x 22.5 in (38.74 x 57.15 cm)

  4. Trophies by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Trophies, 1978

    Offset print

    19.8125 x 13.875 in (50.32 x 35.24 cm)

  5. Comstock #2: Miner by Jim McCormick, Image 1.

    Jim McCormick

    Comstock #2: Miner, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    15.1875 x 12 in (38.58 x 30.48 cm)

  6. January 1973: 6 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    January 1973: 6, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    19.75 x 23 in (50.17 x 58.42 cm)

  7. 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)

  8. Target by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Target

    Woodcut on paper

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About the artist

Claire Van Vliet

Canadian

b. 1933

Claire Van Vliet was a painter, printmaker, and draftsman. She was born in Canada in 1933 but spent a great deal of her childhood in England. She moved to California to live with her aunt, where she graduated from high school at 15. She then graduated from San Diego State College and earned her MFA from Claremont Graduate University. In 1955, she founded the Janus Press, which focused on both the age-old tradition of bookmaking and experiments with innovative book formats. In 1989, Van Vliet was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" award for her contributions to typography and the book arts.