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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Evolution 9: Chinese Mythology by Fritz Janschka, Image 1.

    Fritz Janschka

    Evolution 9: Chinese Mythology, 2005

    Watercolor on paper

    8.125 x 9.25 in (20.64 x 23.5 cm)

  2. Lucien Clergue

    Dune at White Sounds, White Sands National Park, NM, 1985

    Chromogenic print

    10 x 29.25 in (25.4 x 74.3 cm)

  3. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  4. Bath, Avon by Todd Webb, Image 1.

    Todd Webb

    Bath, Avon, 1975

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  5. Lo Scratches Her Knee by Graham Ovenden, Image 1.

    Graham Ovenden

    Lo Scratches Her Knee, 1975

    Etching on paper

    26 x 25.875 in (66.04 x 65.72 cm)

  6. Orpheus, Stages of an Image by Varujan Boghosian, Image 1.

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  7. Quartered Arc by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Quartered Arc, 1970

    Etching on paper

    23 x 15.875 in (58.42 x 40.32 cm)

  8. Whoa by Karl Knaths, Image 1.

    Karl Knaths

    Whoa, 1969

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.88 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.