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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. George Harrison, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    George Harrison, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Rhea, McClellanville, SC, from the series Carolina Seduction by Pinky/MM Bass, Image 1.

    Pinky/MM Bass

    Rhea, McClellanville, SC, from the series Carolina Seduction, 1990

    Silver gelatin print

    35.25 x 28.75 in (89.54 x 73.03 cm)

  3. Venice, California by Richard Swanson, Image 1.

    Richard Swanson

    Venice, California, 1984

    Gelatin silver print

    8.875 x 13.125 in (22.54 x 33.34 cm)

  4. Second Print by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    Second Print, 1973

    Etching on paper

    25 x 20.25 in (63.5 x 51.44 cm)

  5. Indian View F by Howard Hodgkin, Image 1.

    Howard Hodgkin

    Indian View F, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    22.875 x 30.5 in (58.1 x 77.47 cm)

  6. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1 by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1, 1732

    Engraving on paper

    12 x 14.75 in (30.48 x 37.47 cm)

  7. Untitled (from "Still Life") by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Untitled (from "Still Life"), 1995-2000

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.875 x 22 in (75.88 x 55.88 cm)

  8. Japanese Lacquer Tray with Geese by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Japanese Lacquer Tray with Geese, 19th C.

    Black lacquer with maki-e

    12 x 12 in (30.48 x 30.48 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.