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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Lil Michaelis (French, 1911-1987)

French printmaker and graphic artist. Predominantly made collages and paintings before learning etching techniques from Stanley William Hayter between 1950-1976. Etched sixteen copper engravings expressing the melancholy tone of an artist’s book despite paralysis.

Une + 3 by Lil Michaelis
  • Lil Michaelis
  • Une + 3, 1979
Etching on paper
17.875 x 12.75 in
(45.4 x 32.39 cm)