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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Figure III by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Figure III, 2007

    Solar plate etching

    9.75 x 7.75 in (24.77 x 19.69 cm)

  2. A Sequence of Good Intentions by Park McArthur, Image 1.

    Park McArthur

    A Sequence of Good Intentions, 2007

    Digital video

  3. Mary Ellen Mark

    Two Boys Praying in the Road, from the portfolio "In America", 1990

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  4. Subsistence Farmers, Oneonta, New York by Andrea Modica, Image 1.

    Andrea Modica

    Subsistence Farmers, Oneonta, New York, 1986

    platinum/palladium print on tissue paper

    7.5 x 9.375 in (19.05 x 23.81 cm)

  5. Chicago 56, 1960 by Aaron Siskind, Image 2.

    Aaron Siskind

    Chicago 56, 1960, 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    10.875 x 13.875 in (27.62 x 35.24 cm)

  6. Carnival by John H. Hunter, Image 1.

    John H. Hunter

    Carnival, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 15 in (57.15 x 38.1 cm)

  7. Silver II by Jonathan Clemens, Image 1.

    Jonathan Clemens

    Silver II, 1977

    Woodcut on paper

    24.5 x 17.5 in (62.23 x 44.45 cm)

  8. Literary Critic by Harvey Breverman, Image 1.

    Harvey Breverman

    Literary Critic, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 30 x 1.5 in (57.15 x 76.2 x 3.81 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.