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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Marilyn Bridges

    Castillo from Perpendicular, Yucatan, from the Heightened Perspectives series, 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.75 in (40.01 x 50.17 cm)

  2. Still Life Ingredients by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Still Life Ingredients, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    28.125 x 28.125 in (71.44 x 71.44 cm)

  3. Evelyn Kuhn by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Evelyn Kuhn, 1977

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  4. The Crewel Tondo by Richard Beale, Image 2.

    Richard Beale

    The Crewel Tondo, 1972

    Hand-colored etching on paper

    22 x 21 in (55.88 x 53.34 cm)

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

    Robert Motherwell

    Untitled, from London Series I, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    41 x 28.125 in (104.14 x 71.44 cm)

  6. Tall Grasses by George Lockwood, Image 1.

    George Lockwood

    Tall Grasses, 1965

    Lithograph with poem by Ruth Whitman

    20.875 x 14.875 in (53.02 x 37.78 cm)

  7. Self Portrait by John Edward Heliker, Image 1.

    John Edward Heliker

    Self Portrait, c. 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    29 x 22.5 in (73.66 x 57.15 cm)

  8. Smith Drug Store Cowboy by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Smith Drug Store Cowboy

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.