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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Don Gibson, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Don Gibson, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. 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)

  3. Lecture - Law Fever Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Lecture - Law Fever Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  4. Various Grades Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Various Grades Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Nell Smith Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Nell Smith Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  6. Mending the Chair by Gari Melchers, Image 2.

    Gari Melchers

    Mending the Chair, Early 20th Century

    Pastel on board

    23.5 x 19 in (59.69 x 48.26 cm)

  7. Wayne Meweton, 2002/3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Wayne Meweton, 2002/3

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Hot Coffie Cup by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Hot Coffie Cup

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 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.