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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Just and Actor, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just and Actor, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 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. Bill Clenton, 1998 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Bill Clenton, 1998, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Union Pacific Club, SF by David Schofield, Image 1.

    David Schofield

    Union Pacific Club, SF, 1995

    Ink on parchment

    59 x 36 in (149.86 x 91.44 cm)

  5. My Surrounded Bed by Rick Horton, Image 1.

    Rick Horton

    My Surrounded Bed, 1985

    Oil, oil pastel, and pencil on paper

    7.5 x 5 in (19.05 x 12.7 cm)

  6. Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Rule No-Rule Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  7. William E. Jackson

    Jefferson Howard, 1979

    Ink on paper

  8. Bather by Don Mahy, Image 1.

    Don Mahy

    Bather, 1964

    Pencil on paper mounted to board

    13.375 x 11.375 in (33.97 x 28.89 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.