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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Lousieal Ball, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Lousieal Ball, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Geina Hart at Work by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Geina Hart at Work, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Depuday Shearff, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Depuday Shearff, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Mama Reading by David Burliuk, Image 2.

    David Burliuk

    Mama Reading, 1946

    Graphite on paper

    13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 cm)

  5. The Giant Hamerhead Shark, 20005/20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Giant Hamerhead Shark, 20005/20006

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  6. No Home Aradtec, Blacks Live Theair, 2000/2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    No Home Aradtec, Blacks Live Theair, 2000/2001

    Ink on paper

    11.875 x 8.125 in (30.16 x 20.64 cm)

  7. Bengerman Frankin by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bengerman Frankin

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  8. Gene Hard at Work at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene Hard at Work at Home

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.