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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Gina Butiful, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina Butiful, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. The Misty May You Fig It Out, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Misty May You Fig It Out, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.375 in (27.94 x 21.27 cm)

  3. James Bond, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    James Bond, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  4. F. Phantasm Flux by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    F. Phantasm Flux, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.25 in (57.15 x 76.84 cm)

  5. Untitled (Greek Drawing) by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Untitled (Greek Drawing), 1979

    Oil crayon on paper

    14.5 x 10.5 in (36.83 x 26.67 cm)

  6. A US Congressman in the Year of 1863 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A US Congressman in the Year of 1863

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Woman Standing by Arthur Bowen Davies, Image 1.

    Arthur Bowen Davies

    Woman Standing, No date

    Black chalk on paper

    15 x 10 in (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

  8. Selfportrait as Sprinter by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Selfportrait as Sprinter, no date

    Ink on paper

    9 x 13 in (22.86 x 33.02 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.