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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Barbara Morgan (American, 1900-1992)

American photographer. Morgan was born in Buffalo, Kansas, but raised in southern California. She attended UCLA and taught design, woodcut, and painting there for 5 years. She married William Morgan (1925) and moved to New York City (1930), where she took up photography. She is best known for her photography in modern dance.

City - Sound by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • City - Sound, 1972
Gelatin silver print
Funkia Leaf by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Funkia Leaf, 1983
Gelatin silver print
Hearst Over The People by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Hearst Over The People, 1939
Gelatin silver print
Anna Sokolow - The Exile by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Anna Sokolow - The Exile, 1941
Gelatin silver print
Doris Humphrey - With My Red Fires (Matriarch) by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Doris Humphrey - With My Red Fires (Matriarch), 1938
Gelatin silver print
Beech Tree IV by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Beech Tree IV, 1945
Gelatin silver print
12.75 x 11.25 in
(32.39 x 28.58 cm)
City Shell by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • City Shell, 1938
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Madison Square, NY- Peace Meeting by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Madison Square, NY- Peace Meeting, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Pure Energy and Neurotic Man by Barbara Morgan
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Pure Energy and Neurotic Man, 1940
Gelatin silver print
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