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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Wor(l)d -- No Place, from the portfolio "Utopia" by Reny Rao, Image 1.

    Reny Rao

    Wor(l)d -- No Place, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989

    Intaglio and screenprint on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  2. Untitled IV by Stephen Endres, Image 1.

    Stephen Endres

    Untitled IV, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    22.1875 x 29.875 in (56.36 x 75.88 cm)

  3. Four Days of Creation by Fritz Eichenberg, Image 1.

    Fritz Eichenberg

    Four Days of Creation, 1976

    Wood engraving on paper

    9.4375 x 8 in (23.97 x 20.32 cm)

  4. Standing Child by Paul Georges, Image 1.

    Paul Georges

    Standing Child, c. 1965

    Lithograph on paper

    28.875 x 22.875 in (73.34 x 58.1 cm)

  5. Evening 9:10, 461 Lenox Avenue by Romare Bearden, Image 1.

    Romare Bearden

    Evening 9:10, 461 Lenox Avenue, 1964

    Collage

    8.75 x 11 in (22.23 x 27.94 cm)

  6. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4 by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4, 1732

    Engraving on paper

    11.75 x 14.75 in (29.85 x 37.47 cm)

  7. Bobby Denver by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bobby Denver

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Untitled, from RISD Portfolio by Jane Tuckerman Foley, Image 1.

    Jane Tuckerman Foley

    Untitled, from RISD Portfolio, 1974/75

    Gelatin silver print mounted to drawing board

    8.25 x 5.5 in (20.96 x 13.97 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.