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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee by William Villalongo, Image 1.

    William Villalongo

    Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee, 2020

    Acrylic, drinking gourds, beads, velvet flock, glitter flock, velour paper and pigment print mounted on hardboard

  2. Ernesto Bazan

    La Parrandas de Remedios – Cuba, 2000

    Silver gelatin print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  3. Stellar by Starlight #2 by Anne Noggle, Image 1.

    Anne Noggle

    Stellar by Starlight #2, 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  4. Astyanax by Stanley William Hayter, Image 1.

    Stanley William Hayter

    Astyanax, 1979

    Engraving on paper

    15.75 x 11.5 in (40.01 x 29.21 cm)

  5. Screened/Match by George Burk, Image 1.

    George Burk

    Screened/Match, VII/XXV

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 11 in (38.1 x 27.94 cm)

  6. Print D by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    Print D, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

    28.5 x 35.5 in (72.39 x 90.17 cm)

  7. Lovers, Canto V, from Inferno by Ron Kowalke, Image 1.

    Ron Kowalke

    Lovers, Canto V, from Inferno, 1970

    Etching on paper

    22 x 29.5 in (55.88 x 74.93 cm)

  8. Evergreen by John Muench, Image 1.

    John Muench

    Evergreen, 1969

    Lithograph with poem by Bernard Bockes on paper

    21.875 x 16.9375 in (55.56 x 43.02 cm)

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About the artist

Philippe Halsman

Latvian-American

1906-1979

A Latvian-American portrait photographer. Halsman lived in Austria for a period of time, until he was convicted of a crime and later left the country for France. In France, Halsman worked for Vogue and other fashion editorials, and soon became a highly sought-after photographer due to his skill in lighting, sharp focus, and expertly cropped photos. He later obtained a US visa and came to the states to persue fashion and cosmetic photographic advertising. In 1942, Halsman began working for LIFE magazine, which featured many of his images on the front covers of its issues. Halsman is also an author, and wrote photographic skills books such as Halsman on the Creation of Photographic Ideas.