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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Gina at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Home, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8 in (27.94 x 20.32 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. Bill Clenton, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bill Clenton, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Bran Fire Well Flux by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Bran Fire Well Flux, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. 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)

  6. Bobby Denver by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bobby Denver

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 6.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    10.125 x 8 in (25.72 x 20.32 cm)

  8. Wayne Meweton, 2002/3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Wayne Meweton, 2002/3

    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.