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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled #0696 (Glass House) by James Welling, Image 1.

    James Welling

    Untitled #0696 (Glass House), 2006

    Archival pigment print, mounted

    33 x 50 in (83.82 x 127.0 cm)

  2. Fall from Grace, Animal Mannequins Witness the Destruction of the World by Alice Sebrell, Image 1.

    Alice Sebrell

    Fall from Grace, Animal Mannequins Witness the Destruction of the World, 1991

    Chromogenic print

    15.75 x 12 in (40.01 x 30.48 cm)

  3. Portrait of John Rothschild by Alice Neel, Image 2.

    Alice Neel

    Portrait of John Rothschild, 1980

    Lithograph in colors on Arches paper

    27.5 x 21.75 in (69.85 x 55.25 cm)

  4. Bill Bamberger

    Annie in Her Peppers, Bahama, North Carolina, 1980

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 10 in (25.4 x 25.4 cm)

  5. Carol Soffer by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Carol Soffer, 1980

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  6. The Camera Never Lies by Michael Peel, Image 8.

    Michael Peel

    The Camera Never Lies, c. 1979

    Chromogenic print

    12.25 x 9.25 x 1 in (31.12 x 23.5 x 2.54 cm)

  7. Project II by Garo Zareh Antreasian, Image 1.

    Garo Zareh Antreasian

    Project II, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    20.75 x 26.5 in (52.71 x 67.31 cm)

  8. Head of cedar walking cane carved by Luster Willis, Crystal Springs, Mississippi 1976 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Head of cedar walking cane carved by Luster Willis, Crystal Springs, Mississippi 1976, 1976

    Chromogenic print

    16.125 x 24 in (40.96 x 60.96 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.