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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Just Plane Man, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just Plane Man, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Natalie Wood, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Natalie Wood, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Just and Actor, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just and Actor, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Full Range Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Full Range Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Fine Yard Funeture by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Fine Yard Funeture

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Untitled by Carl Holty, Image 2.

    Carl Holty

    Untitled, 1948-1949

    Graphite and crayon on paper

    9.75 x 8 in (24.77 x 20.32 cm)

  7. Drapery Study by Elliott Daingerfield, Image 1.

    Elliott Daingerfield

    Drapery Study, Early 20th Century

    Pencil on paper

    16 x 12 in (40.64 x 30.48 cm)

  8. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    10.25 x 11.875 in (26.04 x 30.16 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.