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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. David Taylor

    The Great Plain (with vehicle barrier), Tohono O'odham Nation, 2009

    Archival inkjet print

    51.375 x 89.125 x 2 in (130.49 x 226.38 x 5.08 cm)

  2. Untitled (A) by Joel Shapiro, Image 1.

    Joel Shapiro

    Untitled (A), 2003

    Woodcut printed on Gampi paper, mounted onto Hanga Dosa paper

    19 x 26.5 in (48.26 x 67.31 cm)

  3. Man with Reefer - Nude on Wall, NYC, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Man with Reefer - Nude on Wall, NYC, Social Context, 1988

    Gelatin silver print

  4. Ernest Gaines, San Francisco, Calif. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Ernest Gaines, San Francisco, Calif., 1980

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Screened/Match by George Burk, Image 1.

    George Burk

    Screened/Match, VII/XXV

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 11 in (38.1 x 27.94 cm)

  6. Four Days of Creation by Fritz Eichenberg, Image 1.

    Fritz Eichenberg

    Four Days of Creation, 1976

    Wood engraving on paper

    9.4375 x 8 in (23.97 x 20.32 cm)

  7. Woman With Cat by Sigmund Abeles, Image 1.

    Sigmund Abeles

    Woman With Cat, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    19 x 27 in (48.26 x 68.58 cm)

  8. Chance and Order I by Kenneth Martin, Image 1.

    Kenneth Martin

    Chance and Order I, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27 x 27 in (68.58 x 68.58 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.