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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Sunflowers by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Sunflowers, 2020

    Archival pigment print

    22 x 17 in (55.88 x 43.18 cm)

  2. Gay Greek Guy by Malcolm Morley, Image 1.

    Malcolm Morley

    Gay Greek Guy, 1984

    Pencil on paper

    17.5 x 14.5 in (44.45 x 36.83 cm)

  3. Candy Mountain Two by Richard Black, Image 1.

    Richard Black

    Candy Mountain Two, 1982

    Lithograph on paper

    15.25 x 11.25 in (38.74 x 28.58 cm)

  4. Sterling Brown, New Haven, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Sterling Brown, New Haven, Conn., 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Stormlight by Claire Van Vliet, Image 1.

    Claire Van Vliet

    Stormlight, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    14.625 x 17 in (37.15 x 43.18 cm)

  6. January 1973: 7 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    January 1973: 7, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    23 x 31.5 in (58.42 x 80.01 cm)

  7. French Postcard Series by Peter Blake, Image 1.

    Peter Blake

    French Postcard Series, 1969

    Photo screenprint on board

    16.875 x 10.75 in (42.86 x 27.31 cm)

  8. New York by Aaron Siskind, Image 2.

    Aaron Siskind

    New York, 1947, printed later

    Gelatin silver print

    9.5 x 12.625 in (24.13 x 32.07 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.