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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Charlie Ritch, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Charlie Ritch, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Just Plane Man, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Just Plane Man, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. WOW, Butiful, 20 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 20, 2000

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Carolin, 02/03 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Carolin, 02/03

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Tom Cruise, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Tom Cruise, 2001-2002, 2001-2002

    Pemcil and ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  7. John Wayne by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    John Wayne

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Gene Hard at Work at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gene Hard at Work at Home

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.