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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Unidentified Woman (White Glasses) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Woman (White Glasses), 1980

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  2. Stilllife by Adrian Van Suchtelen, Image 1.

    Adrian Van Suchtelen

    Stilllife, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.375 in (38.1 x 56.83 cm)

  3. Six Holy Days by Fritz Eichenberg, Image 1.

    Fritz Eichenberg

    Six Holy Days, 1976

    Wood engraving on paper

    9.4375 x 8 in (23.97 x 20.32 cm)

  4. And We Did Speak Only to Break The Silence of the Sea! from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 2.

    Patrick Procktor

    And We Did Speak Only to Break The Silence of the Sea! from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.75 x 19.625 in (65.41 x 49.85 cm)

  5. Rose Hill Church & Congregation by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Rose Hill Church & Congregation, 1975

    Chromogenic print

    13.375 x 20 in (33.97 x 50.8 cm)

  6. Corona by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Corona, 1972

    Etching on paper

    22.25 x 29.5 in (56.52 x 74.93 cm)

  7. Two Horizons by John Icher, Image 1.

    John Icher

    Two Horizons, 1972

    Etching on paper mounted to board

    18.25 x 30 in (46.36 x 76.2 cm)

  8. Logo Suite, M by Richard Smith, Image 1.

    Richard Smith

    Logo Suite, M, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    23.75 x 19.625 x 2 in (60.33 x 49.85 x 5.08 cm)

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About the artist

Will Petersen

American

1928-1994

American master painter, printer, and cartoonist. He was also a poet, an abstract expressionist, and a Beat Era painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He acted in Japanese B-movies and was the owner of Evanston's Plucked Chicken Press, which he started with his third wife. In 1952, he was drafted by the US Army and sent to Korea, then to Hokkaido, Japan. He learned the art of calligraphy under Master Tahaa and fell in love with ancient Noh plays, as he continued to perform in a troupe while teaching English at Japanese colleges and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. He then moved back to United States to teach drawing at Ohio State University with his family. After divorcing his Japanese wife, he married Cynthia Archer, a printmaking graduate from Wester Virginia University, where he taught as the head of the printmaking department. In his remaining years until his death in 1994, he solely focused on his own works.