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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. I am a man by Shepard Fairey, Image 2.

    Shepard Fairey

    I am a man, 2020

    Silkscreen on paper

    35.8 x 24 in (90.93 x 60.96 cm)

  2. Rocket Man, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rocket Man, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Ronnie Millsap, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ronnie Millsap, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  4. Cleanth Brooks and Eudora Welty, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Cleanth Brooks and Eudora Welty, Oxford, Miss., 1987

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Stilllife by Adrian Van Suchtelen, Image 1.

    Adrian Van Suchtelen

    Stilllife, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.375 in (38.1 x 56.83 cm)

  6. From The Forest by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    From The Forest, 1977

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    15 x 17.125 in (38.1 x 43.5 cm)

  7. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    31.25 x 39 in (79.38 x 99.06 cm)

  8. Chiapas, Mexico by Todd Webb, Image 1.

    Todd Webb

    Chiapas, Mexico, 1969

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 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.