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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Bullet by Adam Straus, Image 1.

    Adam Straus

    Bullet, 1996

    Oil on masonite encased in lead

    3.25 x 6.5 in (8.26 x 16.51 cm)

  2. Brocade Seller by Stephen White, Image 1.

    Stephen White

    Brocade Seller, 1977

    Woodcut on paper

    29 x 21 in (73.66 x 53.34 cm)

  3. A Dove Changing the Earth into a Rainbow by Stanley E. Lea, Image 1.

    Stanley E. Lea

    A Dove Changing the Earth into a Rainbow, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    23 x 33.25 in (58.42 x 84.46 cm)

  4. Black-Eyed Susan by Naomi Savage, Image 1.

    Naomi Savage

    Black-Eyed Susan, 1967

    Chromogenic print

  5. Two Girls in Scarves, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 2.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Two Girls in Scarves, Dublin, 1965

    Archival pigment print

    13 x 19 in (33.02 x 48.26 cm)

  6. Jimmy Durante by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Jimmy Durante, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 10.75 in (34.29 x 27.31 cm)

  7. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2 by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2, 1732

    Engraving on paper

    11.75 x 14.5 in (29.85 x 36.83 cm)

  8. Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgement of Midas by Melchior Meier, Image 1.

    Melchior Meier

    Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgement of Midas, 1581

    Engraving on paper

    9.25 x 12.5 in (23.5 x 31.75 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.