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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Gina at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Home, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8 in (27.94 x 20.32 cm)

  2. Gina at Hir Best, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Hir Best, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Gina at Work by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Work, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Gina Butiful, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina Butiful, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. 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)

  6. Hawayee 5-0, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Hawayee 5-0, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  7. Horse Power Versis Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Horse Power Versis Man

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Gina, at YMCA Pool, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina, at YMCA Pool, 02/03

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.