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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Viral Warning by Robert Sherer, Image 1.

    Robert Sherer

    Viral Warning, 2013

    HIV+ and HIV- blood on paper

    25.25 x 22 in (64.14 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Deals and Blonde, Lexington, KY, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Deals and Blonde, Lexington, KY, Social Context, 1987

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  3. Untitled by A.R. Ammons, Image 1.

    A.R. Ammons

    Untitled, 1978

    Watercolor and ink on Arches paper

    24 x 18 in (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

  4. The Charmed Water Burnt Alway a Still and Awful Red from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 1.

    Patrick Procktor

    The Charmed Water Burnt Alway a Still and Awful Red from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.75 x 19.5 in (65.41 x 49.53 cm)

  5. Fugue IX by William Turnbull, Image 2.

    William Turnbull

    Fugue IX, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    31.5 x 23.125 in (80.01 x 58.74 cm)

  6. Child by Paul Resika, Image 1.

    Paul Resika

    Child, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    12.75 x 10 in (32.39 x 25.4 cm)

  7. Rubbing #4 by Bernard Pfriem, Image 1.

    Bernard Pfriem

    Rubbing #4, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 14 in (25.4 x 35.56 cm)

  8. Untitled (from Route I) by Berenice Abbott, Image 1.

    Berenice Abbott

    Untitled (from Route I), 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    9.875 x 13.875 in (25.08 x 35.24 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.