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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Rocket Man, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rocket Man, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  2. John Glenn, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    John Glenn, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    13 x 9.625 in (33.02 x 24.45 cm)

  4. Keys Gap Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Keys Gap Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 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. Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carlin Helper at Pilgrims Inns

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Rine Stone Cowboy, 2010-2011 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rine Stone Cowboy, 2010-2011

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Selfportrait as Sprinter by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Selfportrait as Sprinter, no date

    Ink on paper

    9 x 13 in (22.86 x 33.02 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.