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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Deconstruction by Anthony Goicolea, Image 1.

    Anthony Goicolea

    Deconstruction, 2007

    Black and white photograph on alumninum, laminated with non-glare Plexiglas

    72 x 117.5 in (182.88 x 298.45 cm)

  2. Drifting Churchward by Rick Horton, Image 1.

    Rick Horton

    Drifting Churchward, 1986

    Oil on canvas

    49.25 x 60.25 x 1.25 in (125.1 x 153.04 x 3.18 cm)

  3. Homage/L.V.B. by Doug Warner, Image 1.

    Doug Warner

    Homage/L.V.B., 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    18.125 x 15 in (46.04 x 38.1 cm)

  4. Nautilus I by Pat Hardy, Image 1.

    Pat Hardy

    Nautilus I, 1977

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    8.25 x 10 in (20.96 x 25.4 cm)

  5. Whose Gold Standard by William Weege, Image 1.

    William Weege

    Whose Gold Standard, 1976

    Screenprint on paper

    30.125 x 22.125 in (76.52 x 56.2 cm)

  6. Untitled by Simmons Jones, Image 1.

    Simmons Jones

    Untitled, 1965

    Offset print on paper mounted to board

    14.375 x 10.375 in (36.51 x 26.35 cm)

  7. The Gardener by Constantino Nivola, Image 1.

    Constantino Nivola

    The Gardener, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 12.75 in (25.4 x 32.39 cm)

  8. Jan Peerce by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Jan Peerce, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

    13.87 x 11 in (35.23 x 27.94 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.