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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Robert Amberg

    Hoy Shelton Family Hanging Tobacco, Hopewell, North Carolina, 1983

    Gelatin silver print

    8.125 x 12.125 in (20.64 x 30.8 cm)

  2. Immobile Sun by Adja Yunkers, Image 1.

    Adja Yunkers

    Immobile Sun, 1981

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  3. Larry Zox

    Grand Banks, 1980

    Woodcut on paper

    32 x 18 in (81.28 x 45.72 cm)

  4. Karel Appel

    Devil Cat, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

  5. Hay-Cart by Julian Trevelyan, Image 1.

    Julian Trevelyan

    Hay-Cart, 1973

    Etching on paper

    30.125 x 23.25 in (76.52 x 59.06 cm)

  6. Aesop's Fables by Dame Elisabeth Frink, Image 7.

    Dame Elisabeth Frink

    Aesop's Fables, 1968

    Lithograph on paper

    11.375 x 15.5 x 1.125 in (28.89 x 39.37 x 2.86 cm)

  7. Heavy Burden, from A Hungarian Memory Portfolio by André Kertész, Image 1.

    André Kertész

    Heavy Burden, from A Hungarian Memory Portfolio, 1916

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 9.875 in (20.32 x 25.08 cm)

  8. Death of the Virgin by Albrecht Dürer, Image 1.

    Albrecht Dürer

    Death of the Virgin, 1510

    Woodcut on paper

    11.5 x 8.125 in (29.21 x 20.64 cm)

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About the artist

N. Jay Jaffee

American

1921-1999

N. Jay Jaffee was an American photographer from Kings, New York, known for his images of everyday life, city streets, political movements, portraits, and later, landscapes and seascapes. His documentary images reveal the beauty and mystery within mundane moments. Jaffee studied under Sid Grossman of the Photo League and was mentored by Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. His photographs are held in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery, the Library of Congress, the National Museum of American Art, the New York Public Library, and the Bibliothèque Nationale.