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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Doug's Custom Trout Door Handles by David T. Kessler, Image 1.

    David T. Kessler

    Doug's Custom Trout Door Handles, 1974

    Pencil on paper

    46.5 x 34.875 x 1.75 in (118.11 x 88.58 x 4.45 cm)

  2. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 19 in (55.88 x 48.26 cm)

  3. Amboseli Elephants by Larry Rivers, Image 1.

    Larry Rivers

    Amboseli Elephants, 1968

    Acrylic on metal

    26 x 36 x 5.25 in (66.04 x 91.44 x 13.34 cm)

  4. Jeune Fille Aux Deux Oiseaux by Joan Miró, Image 1.

    Joan Miró

    Jeune Fille Aux Deux Oiseaux, 1967

    Etching on paper

    13.5 x 12.375 in (34.29 x 31.43 cm)

  5. Pair of Chinese Silk Banners by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Pair of Chinese Silk Banners, 20th C.

    Silk

    48 x 9.5 in (121.92 x 24.13 cm)

  6. Chinese Immortal Figure, Male, Qing Dynasty by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Chinese Immortal Figure, Male, Qing Dynasty, ca. Late 19th Century

    Porcelain

    9 x 2.75 x 2.125 in (22.86 x 6.99 x 5.4 cm)

  7. The Quack by Adriaen van Ostade, Image 1.

    Adriaen van Ostade

    The Quack, 19th century, from original 17th century plate

    Etching (?) on paper

    6 x 5 in (15.24 x 12.7 cm)

  8. Nez Sisters with Baby Brother by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    Nez Sisters with Baby Brother, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    8.25 x 9.5 in (20.96 x 24.13 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.