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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. A Sadde Tramp Fish, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Sadde Tramp Fish, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)

  2. Baskitball Teame, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Baskitball Teame, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Four Winds by Bruce Erman, Image 1.

    Bruce Erman

    Four Winds, 1980

    Bleach on black paper

    30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. Russa Emlem, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Russa Emlem, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12.625 x 9.625 in (32.07 x 24.45 cm)

  7. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 6.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    10.125 x 8 in (25.72 x 20.32 cm)

  8. A Union Solger at Way in 1872, 20005/20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Union Solger at Way in 1872, 20005/20006

    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.