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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. On Via del Portico D'Ottavia by Shimon Attie, Image 2.

    Shimon Attie

    On Via del Portico D'Ottavia, 2002

    Chromogenic print of on-location slide projection

    12 x 9.5 in (30.48 x 24.13 cm)

  2. Steamroller by Anthony Owen, Image 1.

    Anthony Owen

    Steamroller, 1992

    Embossing and enamel on paper

    50.5 x 108.25 in (128.27 x 274.96 cm)

  3. Running Man by Rod MacKillop, Image 1.

    Rod MacKillop

    Running Man, 1986

    Lithograph on paper

    24 x 17.25 in (60.96 x 43.82 cm)

  4. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 2.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.75 x 31.25 in (98.43 x 79.38 cm)

  5. Lakeside Mountain Suite: Springreen by David Shapiro, Image 1.

    David Shapiro

    Lakeside Mountain Suite: Springreen, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    14.875 x 22.375 in (37.78 x 56.83 cm)

  6. Lithosphere by Pierre Alechinsky, Image 1.

    Pierre Alechinsky

    Lithosphere, 1969

    Lithograph on paper

    17.5 x 12 in (44.45 x 30.48 cm)

  7. Maudie Shirley and Wallace "Pine Top" Johnson by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Maudie Shirley and Wallace "Pine Top" Johnson, 1968

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  8. Carter Dettaven by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Carter Dettaven, 1968

    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.