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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Putti Crown by Dale Chihuly, Image 1.

    Dale Chihuly

    Putti Crown, 1991

    Blown glass

    6.5 x 15 x 15 in (16.51 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)

  2. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 1.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.75 x 31.25 in (98.43 x 79.38 cm)

  3. Self Portrait with Models by DeWitt Hardy, Image 1.

    DeWitt Hardy

    Self Portrait with Models, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    21.25 x 22.5 in (53.98 x 57.15 cm)

  4. Open by Herb Jackson, Image 2.

    Herb Jackson

    Open, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Richard Zanuck by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Richard Zanuck, 1961

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

  6. Cellist by Rosemarie Beck, Image 1.

    Rosemarie Beck

    Cellist, c. 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    12.625 x 9.875 in (32.07 x 25.08 cm)

  7. Phoenicia, N.Y. by Todd Webb, Image 1.

    Todd Webb

    Phoenicia, N.Y., 1954

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

  8. Josephine Baker by Alfred Eisenstaedt, Image 1.

    Alfred Eisenstaedt

    Josephine Baker, 1951

    Gelatin silver print

    12 x 9.25 in (30.48 x 23.5 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.