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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Camphor Leaves by Aliansyah Caniago, Image 1.

    Aliansyah Caniago

    Camphor Leaves, 2017

    Leaves, graphite, plastic bags, and pins

    25.625 x 27.125 in (65.09 x 68.9 cm)

  2. Landscape by William Dunlap, Image 1.

    William Dunlap

    Landscape, 1972

    Pencil on paper

    32.25 x 28.125 in (81.92 x 71.44 cm)

  3. Unknown title by Robert Lindsey Walker, Image 1.

    Robert Lindsey Walker

    Unknown title, No date

    Marker and ink on paper

    11 x 14.75 in (27.94 x 37.47 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Giena at Morning Streach, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Giena at Morning Streach, 02/03

    Ink, pencil and marker on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Wayne Netwen by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Wayne Netwen

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Smith Drug Store Cowboy by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Smith Drug Store Cowboy

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    8.5 x 6.25 in (21.59 x 15.88 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.