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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitiled (9 Layers) by Adam Fowler, Image 1.

    Adam Fowler

    Untitiled (9 Layers), 2007

    Hand-cut graphite on paper

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

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

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Home, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8 in (27.94 x 20.32 cm)

  3. Zoungy Pen Group Flux by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Zoungy Pen Group Flux, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  4. Proto Ann Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Proto Ann Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Four Winds by Bruce Erman, Image 1.

    Bruce Erman

    Four Winds, 1980

    Bleach on black paper

    30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

  6. Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz by Lovis Corinth, Image 1.

    Lovis Corinth

    Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz, 1917

    Pencil on paper

    12.375 x 9.875 in (31.43 x 25.08 cm)

  7. Bulova Peace by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bulova Peace

    Ink on paper

  8. Drapery Study by Elliott Daingerfield, Image 1.

    Elliott Daingerfield

    Drapery Study, Early 20th Century

    Pencil on paper

    16 x 12 in (40.64 x 30.48 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.