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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Charlie Ritch, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Charlie Ritch, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Gay Games by Ross Bleckner, Image 1.

    Ross Bleckner

    Gay Games, 1993

    Lithograph on paper

    34 x 28 in (86.36 x 71.12 cm)

  3. Home by Tim Lowly, Image 4.

    Tim Lowly

    Home, 1991

    Plexiglass, oil and tempera on panel

    14 x 15 x 20 in (35.56 x 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

  4. Untitled by A.R. Ammons, Image 1.

    A.R. Ammons

    Untitled, 1978

    Watercolor and ink on Arches paper

    24 x 18 in (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

  5. 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)

  6. Untitled by Juan Genovés, Image 1.

    Juan Genovés

    Untitled, 1970

    Etching on paper

    19.875 x 25.9375 in (50.48 x 65.88 cm)

  7. Jesus and Peter Walking on Water by McKendree Robbins Long, Image 1.

    McKendree Robbins Long

    Jesus and Peter Walking on Water, c. 1964

    Oil on canvas board

    23 x 35 in (58.42 x 88.9 cm)

  8. Viveca Lindfors by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Viveca Lindfors, 1948

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

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About the artist

Graham Ovenden

British

b. 1943

British painter, photographer, photo-historian, and writer. Ovenden studied at the Royal College of Music and Southampton School of Art and graduated from the Royal College of Art (1968). He was a founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1975). His work is extremely controversial, and he was prosecuted but not found guilty for a production of hoax calotypes which he claimed were of Victorian street children (1980). In the 1990s, his work was investigated by the US and UK authorities as possible child pornography. (2009) He was charged by the UK for creating indecent images, but the trials collapsed. A few years later, Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one charge of indecent assault relating to the girls who modelled for him (2013). Many of his pieces have been either confiscated by the British government, banned by both countries, destroyed, or rendered inaccessible.