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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. WOW, Butiful, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Burt Rynals, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Burt Rynals, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Full Range Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Full Range Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  4. Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  5. Charlotte On Ice by Richard Stenhouse, Image 1.

    Richard Stenhouse

    Charlotte On Ice, 1979

    Pencil on velum

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  6. Luncheon of Honor, '55 by Shiela Bocock, Image 1.

    Shiela Bocock

    Luncheon of Honor, '55, 1974

    Pencil and ink on paper mounted to board

    20 x 30 in (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

  7. Gene Merritt at Work at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene Merritt at Work at Home

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Unknown by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Unknown, No date

    Pen and ink on paper mounted to board

    5.75 x 3.75 in (14.61 x 9.53 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.