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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Burt Rynals, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Burt Rynals, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Silk Legs, Regines, NYC, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Silk Legs, Regines, NYC, Social Context, 1977

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  3. Dutch Iris on Bokara by Laura Grosch, Image 1.

    Laura Grosch

    Dutch Iris on Bokara, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  4. 1, from Distorted Square Within a Circle by Robert Mangold, Image 2.

    Robert Mangold

    1, from Distorted Square Within a Circle, 1973

    Screenprint in colors on Arches paper

    27.75 x 27.75 in (70.49 x 70.49 cm)

  5. Custer's Calvary #11, Lieut. W.W. Cooke, Killed on the Ridge by John Sandlin, Image 1.

    John Sandlin

    Custer's Calvary #11, Lieut. W.W. Cooke, Killed on the Ridge, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    40 x 29.5 in (101.6 x 74.93 cm)

  6. Frank P. Herrera

    Barkeley Bounderant, River Rock, Virginia, 1972

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 6.375 in (20.32 x 16.19 cm)

  7. Wally Cox by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Wally Cox, 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    13.25 x 10.25 in (33.66 x 26.04 cm)

  8. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - A Midsummers Night's Dream by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - A Midsummers Night's Dream, 1803

    Engraving on paper

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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.