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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Jay Lenos, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jay Lenos, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8 in (30.48 x 20.32 cm)

  2. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Aberham Linckon, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Aberham Linckon, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Untitled (Nude Man Seated, from Behind) by David Hockney, Image 1.

    David Hockney

    Untitled (Nude Man Seated, from Behind), 1967

    Pencil on wide-ribbed paper laid on board

    16.25 x 11.5 in (41.28 x 29.21 cm)

  5. A London PD Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A London PD Man

    Ink 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

    13 x 12 in (33.02 x 30.48 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.