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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Literary Critic by Harvey Breverman, Image 1.

    Harvey Breverman

    Literary Critic, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 30 x 1.5 in (57.15 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm)

  2. From The Forest by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    From The Forest, 1977

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    15 x 17.125 in (38.1 x 43.5 cm)

  3. Raissance of a Flower by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Raissance of a Flower, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    25.5 x 19.625 in (64.77 x 49.85 cm)

  4. Light of the World, G by Robyn Denny, Image 1.

    Robyn Denny

    Light of the World, G, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    29.25 x 32 in (74.3 x 81.28 cm)

  5. Repeat After Me by Eila Hershon, Image 1.

    Eila Hershon

    Repeat After Me, 1969

    Etching with poem on paper

    20.375 x 27.5 in (51.75 x 69.85 cm)

  6. Hawaiian Goose, from Series I of the Vanishing Species of Birds, Plate IV by Richard Evans Younger, Image 1.

    Richard Evans Younger

    Hawaiian Goose, from Series I of the Vanishing Species of Birds, Plate IV, 1966

    Offset Lithograph on paper

    25.5 x 21.125 in (64.77 x 53.66 cm)

  7. Constellation by Helen Gerardia, Image 1.

    Helen Gerardia

    Constellation, 1956

    Lithograph on paper

    16.6875 x 20.125 in (42.39 x 51.12 cm)

  8. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI, 1797

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 17.25 in (36.83 x 43.82 cm)

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About the artist

W. Eugene Smith

American

1918-1978

Born in Wichita, Kansas and was taught photographer by his mother. Became greatly invested in photography as a teenager and had many photographs published in multiple magazines by age twenty-one. Received an assignment to document the war in the Pacific during World War II. This experience led him to begin working on projects for social justice. Was wounded during his service and returned home to New York where he focused on anti-war subjects. Initially worked for LIFE magazine but later transitioned to working as a solo artist. Was extremely passionate about his work and eventually left his family to dedicate his life to photography, which culminated in his retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1970. Moved to Japan for his final project, focusing on industrial pollution in the village of Minimata.