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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Wai'anae 3751 by Matthew Brandt, Image 1.

    Matthew Brandt

    Wai'anae 3751, 2016

    Chromogenic print buried in Wai'anae, Hawai'i

    36.5 x 4.5 in (92.71 x 11.43 cm)

  2. Evolution 4: Assyro-Babylonian by Fritz Janschka, Image 2.

    Fritz Janschka

    Evolution 4: Assyro-Babylonian, 2005

    Watercolor on paper

    8.125 x 9.5 in (20.64 x 24.13 cm)

  3. Reigning Queens (Queen Beatrix) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Reigning Queens (Queen Beatrix), 1985

    Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board

    39.375 x 31.375 in (100.01 x 79.69 cm)

  4. Rebecca Davenport, Washington, D.C. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Rebecca Davenport, Washington, D.C., 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Wally Cox by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Wally Cox, 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 11 in (34.93 x 27.94 cm)

  6. Gypsy Girl with Merry-Go-Round, Coney Island, NY, from Photographer's Choice: Harold Feinstein-Decades Four by Harold Feinstein, Image 1.

    Harold Feinstein

    Gypsy Girl with Merry-Go-Round, Coney Island, NY, from Photographer's Choice: Harold Feinstein-Decades Four, 1949

    Gelatin silver print

    11.125 x 14.125 in (28.26 x 35.88 cm)

  7. Martha Graham - Letter to the World by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham - Letter to the World, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

  8. Unknown title by June Rutledge, Image 1.

    June Rutledge

    Unknown title, c. 1910

    Oil on canvas

    25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 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.