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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Oxford, North Carolina/Stonewall Jackson, Richmond, VA, from 2020 Series by Catherine Opie, Image 1.

    Catherine Opie

    Oxford, North Carolina/Stonewall Jackson, Richmond, VA, from 2020 Series, 2020

    Pigment print

    49.75 x 39 in (126.37 x 99.06 cm)

  2. Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee by William Villalongo, Image 1.

    William Villalongo

    Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee, 2020

    Acrylic, drinking gourds, beads, velvet flock, glitter flock, velour paper and pigment print mounted on hardboard

  3. Keys Gap Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Keys Gap Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  4. Mr. Berger (German) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Mr. Berger (German), 1979

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  5. Untitled by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    Untitled, 1973

    Etching on paper

    9.875 x 7.125 in (25.08 x 18.1 cm)

  6. The Elephant by John Talleur, Image 1.

    John Talleur

    The Elephant, 1973

    Etching and aquatint on paper mounted to board

    28.125 x 39.75 in (71.44 x 100.97 cm)

  7. Self-Portrait (Final Stage) by Douglas Houchens, Image 1.

    Douglas Houchens

    Self-Portrait (Final Stage), c. 1958

    Lithograph on paper

    18.75 x 13.25 in (47.63 x 33.66 cm)

  8. Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

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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.