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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Lousieal Ball, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Lousieal Ball, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Gina at Work by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Work, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Rocket Man, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rocket Man, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Pope Pall, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Pope Pall, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. Untitled (Greek Drawing) by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Untitled (Greek Drawing), 1979

    Oil crayon on paper

    14.5 x 10.5 in (36.83 x 26.67 cm)

  6. Page (Young Child) by Douglas Houchens, Image 1.

    Douglas Houchens

    Page (Young Child), 1967

    Charcoal on paper

    21.875 x 17.875 in (55.56 x 45.4 cm)

  7. Carolin, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carolin, 02/03

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Untitled by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    17.25 x 11.5 in (43.82 x 29.21 cm)

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About the artist

Gene Merritt

American

1936-2015

Gene Merritt was an American artist based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, who never left his home state after suffering from brain damage as a boy. He was self-taught, and his access to the external world came primarily through television. Therefore, much of his work was centered around the celebrity phenomenon, with portraits being drawn from memory or otherwise loosely based off of celebrities seen in film or on TV. He began drawing in 1992, and primarily used ballpoint pen to piece together fragments of the celebrity’s figure like a puzzle. His work is noted in the Collection de l’Art Brut.