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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. NCD Car, 20008 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    NCD Car, 20008, c. 2008

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. James Garner, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    James Garner, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. 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)

  4. Burt Rynals, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Burt Rynals, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. 84-J by Greg Alexander, Image 1.

    Greg Alexander

    84-J, 1984

    Pencil on paper

    18.5 x 20.5 in (46.99 x 52.07 cm)

  6. 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)

  7. Alice on the Go to Office by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Alice on the Go to Office

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Woman Standing by Arthur Bowen Davies, Image 1.

    Arthur Bowen Davies

    Woman Standing, No date

    Black chalk on paper

    15 x 10 in (38.1 x 25.4 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.