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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Jerry Louis, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jerry Louis, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Top Cat, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Top Cat, 2001-2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. 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)

  4. Sketchbook by Gene Merritt, Image 5.

    Gene Merritt

    Sketchbook

    Ink on paper

    12.5 x 9 in (31.75 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Untitled by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    17.25 x 11.5 in (43.82 x 29.21 cm)

  6. Unknown

    Eumenean Hall, Davidson College

    Ink on paper

  7. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    10.5 x 8.5 in (26.67 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    9.75 x 8 in (24.77 x 20.32 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.