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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Herb Jackson

    P, 1531, 2005

    Oil crayon on paper

    11.75 x 7.25 in (29.85 x 18.42 cm)

  2. Emily, Sts, & Becky, Durham, North Carolina by Catherine Opie, Image 1.

    Catherine Opie

    Emily, Sts, & Becky, Durham, North Carolina, 1998

    Chromogenic print

    40 x 50 in (101.6 x 127.0 cm)

  3. Ferry, from Survey 1986 by Eliot Porter, Image 1.

    Eliot Porter

    Ferry, from Survey 1986, 1986

    Dye transfer print

    9.75 x 14.75 in (24.77 x 37.47 cm)

  4. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  5. John Dollard, New Haven, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    John Dollard, New Haven, Conn., 1975

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  6. Spring Thaw by Ernest Albert, Image 1.

    Ernest Albert

    Spring Thaw

    Watercolor on paper

    30.2 x 31.2 in (76.71 x 79.25 cm)

  7. Portrait of Bette Davis by Gorman Greg, Image 1.

    Gorman Greg

    Portrait of Bette Davis, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    18.75 x 14.875 in (47.63 x 37.78 cm)

  8. White Square by Victor Vasarely, Image 1.

    Victor Vasarely

    White Square, ca. 1967

    Serigraph on paper

    26 x 26 x 1 in (66.04 x 66.04 x 2.54 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.