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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Witness by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Witness, 1983

    Engraving on paper

    15.5 x 15 in (39.37 x 38.1 cm)

  2. Double Witness by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Double Witness, 1983

    Engraving on paper

    19 x 14.9375 in (48.26 x 37.94 cm)

  3. Thamyris by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Thamyris, 1983

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 19.125 in (38.1 x 48.58 cm)

  4. Desert Dancer by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Desert Dancer, 1983

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.375 in (38.1 x 56.83 cm)

  5. Hat at Dusk by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Hat at Dusk, 1983

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.833 in (38.1 x 58.0 cm)

  6. Dancer Sculptor by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    Dancer Sculptor, 1983

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.3125 in (38.1 x 56.67 cm)

  7. In the Woods, a Glow by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    In the Woods, a Glow, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    18.5 x 10.8125 in (46.99 x 27.46 cm)

  8. They Talk of Sand, of Gray by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    They Talk of Sand, of Gray, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    18.125 x 24.125 in (46.04 x 61.28 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.