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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Gina Butiful, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina Butiful, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Woman in Black Hat by Frank Creech, Image 1.

    Frank Creech

    Woman in Black Hat, 1975

    Charcoal and conte on paper

    40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

  3. Unknown title by Robert Lindsey Walker, Image 1.

    Robert Lindsey Walker

    Unknown title, No date

    Marker and ink on paper

    11 x 14.75 in (27.94 x 37.47 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Doris, My First Cusan by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Doris, My First Cusan

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. James Garner by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    James Garner

    Ink on paper

  7. Alice at Hir Best, 2002-2002-2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Alice at Hir Best, 2002-2002-2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Young Boy with Hat by Thomas Hart Benton, Image 1.

    Thomas Hart Benton

    Young Boy with Hat, No date

    Pen, India ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper

    9.125 x 7 in (23.18 x 17.78 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.