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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Rectangle within Three Rectangles (Orange) by Robert Mangold, Image 1.

    Robert Mangold

    Rectangle within Three Rectangles (Orange), 1980

    Screenprint on Rives BFK paper

  2. Jets by Julian Trevelyan, Image 1.

    Julian Trevelyan

    Jets, 1974

    Etching on paper

    30.75 x 22.75 in (78.11 x 57.79 cm)

  3. Strata by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Strata, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.375 x 29.875 in (56.83 x 75.88 cm)

  4. Arc Within a Square V by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Arc Within a Square V, 1971

    Etching on paper

    24.75 x 17.875 in (62.87 x 45.4 cm)

  5. Light of the World, E by Robyn Denny, Image 1.

    Robyn Denny

    Light of the World, E, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    29.25 x 32.0625 in (74.3 x 81.44 cm)

  6. SXV by Maud Morgan, Image 1.

    Maud Morgan

    SXV, 1969

    Screenprint on paper

    14 x 28.6875 in (35.56 x 72.87 cm)

  7. Pieta by Jean-Paul Riopelle, Image 1.

    Jean-Paul Riopelle

    Pieta, 1967

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    11 x 15 in (27.94 x 38.1 cm)

  8. The Chief by Robert Goodnough, Image 1.

    Robert Goodnough

    The Chief, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    29 x 23.125 in (73.66 x 58.74 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.