Skip to profile content
Discovery
Log In

Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Unititled by David Shrigley, Image 1.

    David Shrigley

    Unititled, 2020

    Ink on paper

    19.5 x 14.75 in (49.53 x 37.47 cm)

  2. Putti Crown by Dale Chihuly, Image 1.

    Dale Chihuly

    Putti Crown, 1991

    Blown glass

    6.5 x 15 x 15 in (16.51 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)

  3. Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 12.75 in (36.83 x 32.39 cm)

  4. Ernest Gaines, San Francisco, Calif. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Ernest Gaines, San Francisco, Calif., 1980

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Paper Piece II by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Paper Piece II, 1978

    Handmade paper

    16.25 x 21 in (41.28 x 53.34 cm)

  6. Sculpture Study by Claude Bogratchew, Image 1.

    Claude Bogratchew

    Sculpture Study, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    23 x 28.875 in (58.42 x 73.34 cm)

  7. Arthur Segal

    Untitled, No date

    Woodcut on paper

    11.125 x 15.5 in (28.26 x 39.37 cm)

  8. Plate 6 (from Graceland) by William Eggleston, Image 2.

    William Eggleston

    Plate 6 (from Graceland), 1983-1984

    Dye transfer print

    22 x 14 in (55.88 x 35.56 cm)

View All Artworks

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.