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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Matt Damon, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Matt Damon, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Gina is Butiful Lady, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina is Butiful Lady, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Baskitball Teame, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Baskitball Teame, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz by Lovis Corinth, Image 1.

    Lovis Corinth

    Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz, 1917

    Pencil on paper

    12.375 x 9.875 in (31.43 x 25.08 cm)

  5. Carolin, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carolin, 02/03

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Tom Cruise, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Tom Cruise, 2001-2002, 2001-2002

    Pemcil and ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  7. A Union Army General, 20005/20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Union Army General, 20005/20006

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Unknown title by Corrie Parker McCallum, Image 1.

    Corrie Parker McCallum

    Unknown title, No date

    Pastel on paper mounted to board

    8.5 x 12 in (21.59 x 30.48 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.