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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. WOW, Butiful, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Boy Gorge by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Boy Gorge, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Matt Damon, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Matt Damon, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Self-Portrait as Printer by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Self-Portrait as Printer, 1980

    Ink on paper

    9 x 13 in (22.86 x 33.02 cm)

  5. The Age of Claws by Gabor Peterdi, Image 1.

    Gabor Peterdi

    The Age of Claws, 1971

    Drypoint on paper

    25 x 36.5 in (63.5 x 92.71 cm)

  6. Bather by Don Mahy, Image 1.

    Don Mahy

    Bather, 1964

    Pencil on paper mounted to board

    13.375 x 11.375 in (33.97 x 28.89 cm)

  7. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 5.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    12.5 x 9 in (31.75 x 22.86 cm)

  8. Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns

    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.