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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Unititled by David Shrigley, Image 1.

    David Shrigley

    Unititled, 2020

    Ink on paper

    19.5 x 14.75 in (49.53 x 37.47 cm)

  2. WOW, Butiful, 20 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 20, 2000

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. The Rectory at 25th Street, New York by David Schofield, Image 1.

    David Schofield

    The Rectory at 25th Street, New York, 1993

    Ink on parchment

    59 x 36 in (149.86 x 91.44 cm)

  4. Untitled by Frank Engles, Image 1.

    Frank Engles

    Untitled, 1963

    Watercolor on paper

    20.375 x 28 in (51.75 x 71.12 cm)

  5. Gina, at YMCA Pool, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina, at YMCA Pool, 02/03

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Fread McMurry, 2002/3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Fread McMurry, 2002/3

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Cramer by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Cramer

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Jules Verne, 2004/2005/2006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jules Verne, 2004/2005/2006

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.