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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Corporate Sludge (Blue) by DENIAL, Image 1.

    DENIAL

    Corporate Sludge (Blue), 2018

    4-color screenprint on 300 gsm French fine art paper

    24 x 18 in (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

  2. Sun #28 by Joel Whitaker, Image 1.

    Joel Whitaker

    Sun #28, 1998

    Wax on photograph

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

  3. Wedding, Long Central Neck, NYC, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Wedding, Long Central Neck, NYC, Social Context, 1988

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  4. B Orange, from "Three Aquatints" portfolio by Robert Mangold, Image 2.

    Robert Mangold

    B Orange, from "Three Aquatints" portfolio, 1979

    Etching and aquatint on wove paper mounted to board

    43.625 x 40.75 in (110.81 x 103.51 cm)

  5. Evening by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    Evening, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.5 in (38.1 x 57.15 cm)

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

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    16.875 x 13.875 in (42.86 x 35.24 cm)

  7. States of Mind I by Keith Achepohl, Image 2.

    Keith Achepohl

    States of Mind I, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    21.125 x 18 in (53.66 x 45.72 cm)

  8. Colette Marchand by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Colette Marchand, 1949

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

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About the artist

Alice Neel

American

1900–1984

Alice Neel was an American painter known for her Expressionistic portraits of her friends, family, and lovers. Her dynamic use of color and line captured the interior emotional life of her sitters, lending a psychological weight to her subject matter rather than just a likeness of the model. “Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overwhelming interest in humanity,” she explained. “Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.” Born on January 28, 1900 in Merion Square, PA, she was brought up in a strict middle class family. They did not support her decision to become an artist. Nevertheless, Neel went on to study at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1921. Losing her infant daughter to disease following her move from Cuba to New York with her husband traumatically altered her life and outlook, setting the precedent for her work’s latent focus on motherhood, loss, and anxiety. She died on October 13, 1984 in New York, NY. Neel’s works are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among many others.