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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. The Light That Burns by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    The Light That Burns, 1986

    Acrylic on canvas

    72 x 60 in (182.88 x 152.4 cm)

  2. A Gate for the City by David Sharir, Image 1.

    David Sharir

    A Gate for the City, 1979

    Screenprint on paper

    23.375 x 29.9375 in (59.37 x 76.04 cm)

  3. White Pot by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    White Pot, 1976

    Screenprint on paper

    38.5 x 30.5 in (97.79 x 77.47 cm)

  4. Shelby Ferris, 11186 Fisher Ferry Road, Ferris home, Warren County, Mississippi, 1975 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Shelby Ferris, 11186 Fisher Ferry Road, Ferris home, Warren County, Mississippi, 1975, 1975

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 cm)

  5. Rain by Richard Aberle Florsheim, Image 1.

    Richard Aberle Florsheim

    Rain, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    18.125 x 22.125 in (46.04 x 56.2 cm)

  6. Untitled RH 221LS by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled RH 221LS, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    13.5 x 11.25 in (34.29 x 28.58 cm)

  7. Herb Jackson

    Untitled, c. 1970

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    15.5 x 11.5 in (39.37 x 29.21 cm)

  8. Group - Processing Apricots by Todd Webb, Image 1.

    Todd Webb

    Group - Processing Apricots, 1951

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

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About the artist

George Platt Lynes

American

1907-1955

American fashion photographer. Platt Lynes is best known for his grayscale work with homoerotic themes, most of which are characterized by dramatic, high-contrast lighting. In the beginning of his career, he self-taught photography then worked for several magazines such as Vogue. He eventually limited his works in commercial art and pursued personal projects later in his career which gave rise to his famous serires of male nudes. Before his death, Platt Lynes destroyed of his prints, however, he handed numerous works to the Kinsey Institute in Indiana.