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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Blue Collar Holiday by Larry Rivers, Image 1.

    Larry Rivers

    Blue Collar Holiday, 1990

    3-D multiple, wood relief, collage and hand painting on wood

    47.25 x 38 x 5 in (120.02 x 96.52 x 12.7 cm)

  2. Aurelia Young and Margaret Walker, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Aurelia Young and Margaret Walker, Oxford, Miss., 1988

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  3. Marilyn Bridges

    Stonehenge #2, Wiltshire, from the Heightened Perspectives series, 1985

    Gelatin silver print

    16 x 19.75 in (40.64 x 50.17 cm)

  4. Diane Von Furstenberg by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Diane Von Furstenberg, 1984

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  5. Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings), 1979

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  6. Breaking Up by John Grazier, Image 1.

    John Grazier

    Breaking Up, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    21.75 x 29.75 in (55.25 x 75.57 cm)

  7. Sun Flower Girls by Karel Appel, Image 1.

    Karel Appel

    Sun Flower Girls, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

  8. Composition by Zao Wou-Ki, Image 1.

    Zao Wou-Ki

    Composition, 1967

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    19.5 x 14.875 in (49.53 x 37.78 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.