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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. May by James Welling, Image 2.

    James Welling

    May, 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    7.5 x 9.5 in (19.05 x 24.13 cm)

  2. Two of the Polar Spirit's Fellow Daemons from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 1.

    Patrick Procktor

    Two of the Polar Spirit's Fellow Daemons from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.75 x 19.5 in (65.41 x 49.53 cm)

  3. Expo by Max Bill, Image 1.

    Max Bill

    Expo, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    21.125 x 21.125 in (53.66 x 53.66 cm)

  4. Sisters, from RISD Portfolio by Debora Hunter, Image 1.

    Debora Hunter

    Sisters, from RISD Portfolio, 1974

    Gelatin silver print mounted to drawing board

    5.25 x 6.75 in (13.34 x 17.15 cm)

  5. Forms Encaged by William Scott, Image 1.

    William Scott

    Forms Encaged, 1972

    Screenprint on paper

    22.75 x 15.5 in (57.79 x 39.37 cm)

  6. Memorial Park Dedication by Richard Swanson, Image 1.

    Richard Swanson

    Memorial Park Dedication, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)

  7. Untitled (from "People of Color") by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Untitled (from "People of Color"), 1985-2005

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.125 x 22 in (73.98 x 55.88 cm)

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

    Joyce Tenneson

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

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.875 x 21.875 in (75.88 x 55.56 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.