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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Fortune Teller by Liz Nielsen, Image 1.

    Liz Nielsen

    Fortune Teller, 2016

    Unique Chromogenic photograph

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  2. Pausing to Drink, Peralta Creek Trail, Superstition Mountains, AZ by Mark Klett, Image 1.

    Mark Klett

    Pausing to Drink, Peralta Creek Trail, Superstition Mountains, AZ, 1983

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.875 in (40.32 x 50.48 cm)

  3. Corrida II by Dame Elisabeth Frink, Image 1.

    Dame Elisabeth Frink

    Corrida II, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 30.25 in (56.52 x 76.84 cm)

  4. Arcs with a Square by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Arcs with a Square, 1971

    Etching on paper

    25 x 17.75 in (63.5 x 45.09 cm)

  5. Harold Feinstein

    Girl on Cyclone, Coney Island, NY, from Photographer's Choice: Harold Feinstein-Decades Four, 1952

    Gelatin silver print

    14.125 x 11.125 in (35.88 x 28.26 cm)

  6. Underwater Swimmer, August 31, 1917, Esztergom by André Kertész, Image 1.

    André Kertész

    Underwater Swimmer, August 31, 1917, Esztergom, 1917

    Gelatin silver print

    7 x 9.5 in (17.78 x 24.13 cm)

  7. Imari Plate by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Imari Plate, First half of 18th Century

    Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue, iron red, and gilt decoration

    12.25 x 1.25 in (31.12 x 3.18 cm)

  8. Unknown

    Mask, Lwalwa People, Congo, 20th century

    Wood

    12 x 9 x 6 in (30.48 x 22.86 x 15.24 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.