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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. P112 by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    P112, 1981

    Oil crayon and pencil on paper

    30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.88 cm)

  3. Untitled by Elizabeth Bradford, Image 1.

    Elizabeth Bradford

    Untitled, 1979

    Color pencil on paper

    11.125 x 15.125 in (28.26 x 38.42 cm)

  4. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25 in (48.26 x 63.5 cm)

  5. Ceres a la Place de Fontaigne, Hommage a Claude Lorrain by Raoul Dufy, Image 1.

    Raoul Dufy

    Ceres a la Place de Fontaigne, Hommage a Claude Lorrain, 1932

    Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper

    14 x 16 in (35.56 x 40.64 cm)

  6. Near Boston by Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Image 1.

    Arthur Clifton Goodwin

    Near Boston, 1898

    Pastel on silk

    28 x 32.75 in (71.12 x 83.19 cm)

  7. Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene's Weather Forcast, 20010/20011

    Ink on paper

  8. Genes Weather Net by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Genes Weather Net, No date

    Ink and marker 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.