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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Plots on Loan by Raymond Pettibon, Image 2.

    Raymond Pettibon

    Plots on Loan, 2020

    Lithograph on paper

    19.625 x 13.75 in (49.85 x 34.93 cm)

  2. Carefree by Carmen Louis Cicero, Image 1.

    Carmen Louis Cicero

    Carefree, 1991

    Watercolor on paper

    22.25 x 29.75 in (56.52 x 75.57 cm)

  3. Alex Haley, Norris, Tenn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Alex Haley, Norris, Tenn., 1990

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 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. James Coignard

    AAAAA Blue, 1980

    Carborundum etching on paper

    25.75 x 29.5 in (65.41 x 74.93 cm)

  6. Jardin Suspendo by Hector Saunier, Image 1.

    Hector Saunier

    Jardin Suspendo, 1979

    Etching on paper

    19.5 x 25.75 in (49.53 x 65.41 cm)

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

    Naomi Savage

    Black-Eyed Susan, 1967

    Chromogenic print

  8. Boatman by Léon Hartl, Image 1.

    Léon Hartl

    Boatman, c. 1965

    Lithograph on paper

    12.5 x 9.75 in (31.75 x 24.77 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.