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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. From the Center by Beatrice Schall, Image 2.

    Beatrice Schall

    From the Center, 2008

    Lace and goldleaf on handmade paper

    20.25 x 17.5 in (51.44 x 44.45 cm)

  2. Gina is Butiful Lady, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina is Butiful Lady, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    13 x 9.625 in (33.02 x 24.45 cm)

  4. Ronnie Millsap, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ronnie Millsap, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  5. Men by Michelle Van Parys, Image 1.

    Michelle Van Parys

    Men, 1991

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 18 in (22.86 x 45.72 cm)

  6. Sankt Gottard Mainz III by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Sankt Gottard Mainz III, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.25 x 12.75 in (36.2 x 32.39 cm)

  7. Nijinsky As Petrouchka, Study #1 by Ann Carter Pollard, Image 1.

    Ann Carter Pollard

    Nijinsky As Petrouchka, Study #1, 1978

    Woodcut on rice paper

    21.5 x 14.5 in (54.61 x 36.83 cm)

  8. Birds Over the City by Ben Shahn, Image 2.

    Ben Shahn

    Birds Over the City, 1968

    Lithograph on Arches woven paper

    29.25 x 21.5 in (74.3 x 54.61 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.