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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. LGBTQ Community Quilt Project, Image 1.

    LGBTQ Community Quilt Project, 2024

    Textiles

    54.5 x 39.25 in (138.43 x 99.7 cm)

  2. Reolistic Films, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Reolistic Films, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. An African Folktale by Willow Legge, Image 9.

    Willow Legge

    An African Folktale, 1979

    Screenprint and embossing on paper

    14.875 x 11.4375 in (37.78 x 29.05 cm)

  4. Charles Ireland by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Charles Ireland, 1978

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  5. After June by Jo Whitten, Image 1.

    Jo Whitten

    After June, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    30.125 x 22.75 in (76.52 x 57.79 cm)

  6. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    16.875 x 13.875 in (42.86 x 35.24 cm)

  7. Cigar by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Cigar, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    22.625 x 24 in (57.47 x 60.96 cm)

  8. The Brigitte Doll by Graham Ovenden, Image 1.

    Graham Ovenden

    The Brigitte Doll, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    30.75 x 22.75 in (78.11 x 57.79 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.