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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Unrest (January 25, 2011) by Carter Mull, Image 1.

    Carter Mull

    Unrest (January 25, 2011), 2011

    Ink and pasted paper on paper

    22 x 21.75 in (55.88 x 55.25 cm)

  2. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25.25 in (48.26 x 64.14 cm)

  3. Untitled #1 by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled #1, 1974

    Pencil on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  4. Untitled by Kenneth Freed, Image 1.

    Kenneth Freed

    Untitled, 1970

    Oil pastel on paper

    10 x 12 in (25.4 x 30.48 cm)

  5. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 6.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    10.125 x 8 in (25.72 x 20.32 cm)

  6. Bengerman Frankin by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bengerman Frankin

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  7. Unknown by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Unknown, No date

    Pen and ink on paper mounted to board

    5.75 x 3.75 in (14.61 x 9.53 cm)

  8. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    8.5 x 11 in (21.59 x 27.94 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.