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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Kingfishers by Billy Hassell, Image 1.

    Billy Hassell

    Kingfishers, 1987

    Color lithograph on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  2. Diana Vreeland and Unidentified Man by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Diana Vreeland and Unidentified Man, 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

  3. Baby, South Carolina by Richard Swanson, Image 1.

    Richard Swanson

    Baby, South Carolina, c. 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  4. Charlotte On Ice by Richard Stenhouse, Image 1.

    Richard Stenhouse

    Charlotte On Ice, 1979

    Pencil on velum

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  5. Seashore I by Cecilia Davila, Image 1.

    Cecilia Davila

    Seashore I, 1979

    Etching on paper

    29.6875 x 22.6875 in (75.41 x 57.63 cm)

  6. Magician by Richard Black, Image 1.

    Richard Black

    Magician, 1975

    Intaglio on paper

    27.5 x 24.125 x 1.25 in (69.85 x 61.28 x 3.18 cm)

  7. January 1973: 17 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    January 1973: 17, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    27.25 x 35.5 in (69.22 x 90.17 cm)

  8. Indian View E by Howard Hodgkin, Image 1.

    Howard Hodgkin

    Indian View E, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    22.75 x 30.25 in (57.79 x 76.84 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.