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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Ancestors I by Amir H. Fallah, Image 1.

    Amir H. Fallah

    Ancestors I, 2015

    C-print, acrylic, and dried paint skins

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  2. Untitled by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    Untitled, 1981

    Etching on paper

    8.5 x 5.375 in (21.59 x 13.65 cm)

  3. Charte I by Mark Tobey, Image 1.

    Mark Tobey

    Charte I, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    17.375 x 14.5 in (44.13 x 36.83 cm)

  4. Saddle/Soap by Sigmund Abeles, Image 1.

    Sigmund Abeles

    Saddle/Soap, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    29.75 x 22 in (75.57 x 55.88 cm)

  5. Untitled (from "Photographs of Women") by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Untitled (from "Photographs of Women"), 1985-2005

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.5 x 21.875 in (74.93 x 55.56 cm)

  6. Untitled (South West American Indian) by Unknown, Image 2.

    Unknown

    Untitled (South West American Indian), 1250-1400

    Clay

    14.75 x 17.5 x 17.5 in (37.47 x 44.45 x 44.45 cm)

  7. Unknown title by Simmons Jones, Image 1.

    Simmons Jones

    Unknown title, No date

    Gelatin silver print mounted to board

    19.125 x 14.625 in (48.58 x 37.15 cm)

  8. Trying to Make It Work by Douglas Houchens, Image 1.

    Douglas Houchens

    Trying to Make It Work, No date

    Oil on canvas

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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.