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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled (San Francisco SFO Airport Immigration March, 2017) by Alvin C. Jacobs, Image 1.

    Alvin C. Jacobs

    Untitled (San Francisco SFO Airport Immigration March, 2017), 2017

    Digital print on paper

    10.125 x 15.25 in (25.72 x 38.74 cm)

  2. A Sadde Tramp Fish, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Sadde Tramp Fish, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)

  3. Lucien Clergue

    Beach at La Martinique, 1989

    Chromogenic print

    10 x 29.25 in (25.4 x 74.3 cm)

  4. Vincent Painting Coney Island on a Sunday Afternoon by Greg Constantine, Image 1.

    Greg Constantine

    Vincent Painting Coney Island on a Sunday Afternoon, 1982

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.5 in (38.1 x 57.15 cm)

  5. Rides by Joyce Arons, Image 1.

    Joyce Arons

    Rides, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    23.125 x 29 in (58.74 x 73.66 cm)

  6. Cronus Descending II by David Hare, Image 1.

    David Hare

    Cronus Descending II, 1968

    Mixed media on linen

    89.875 x 65.25 in (228.28 x 165.74 cm)

  7. Fred Allen by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Fred Allen, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  8. In The Land of Promise (Castle Garden) by Chas Fredrick Ulrich, Image 1.

    Chas Fredrick Ulrich

    In The Land of Promise (Castle Garden), 1884

    Etching on paper

    4.75 x 6 in (12.07 x 15.24 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.