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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Collection #3 by Patrick Atkinson, Image 1.

    Patrick Atkinson

    Collection #3, 2005

    Mixed media on paper

    30.25 x 22.25 in (76.84 x 56.52 cm)

  2. Wor(l)d -- No Place, from the portfolio "Utopia" by Reny Rao, Image 1.

    Reny Rao

    Wor(l)d -- No Place, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989

    Intaglio and screenprint on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  3. My Surrounded Bed by Rick Horton, Image 1.

    Rick Horton

    My Surrounded Bed, 1985

    Oil, oil pastel, and pencil on paper

    7.5 x 5 in (19.05 x 12.7 cm)

  4. Sterling Brown, New Haven, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Sterling Brown, New Haven, Conn., 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  6. Yellow Square Plus Quarter Blue by William Scott, Image 1.

    William Scott

    Yellow Square Plus Quarter Blue, 1972

    Screenprint on paper

    23 x 30.5 in (58.42 x 77.47 cm)

  7. Fugue IX by William Turnbull, Image 2.

    William Turnbull

    Fugue IX, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    31.5 x 23.125 in (80.01 x 58.74 cm)

  8. John Hodiak by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    John Hodiak, 1945

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 11 in (34.93 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.