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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. LGBTQ Community Quilt Project, Image 1.

    LGBTQ Community Quilt Project, 2024

    Textiles

    54.5 x 39.25 in (138.43 x 99.7 cm)

  2. Untitled (Surrounded by Wolves) by Jen Ray, Image 1.

    Jen Ray

    Untitled (Surrounded by Wolves), 2017

    Watercolor and ink on handmade paper

    14.875 x 11 in (37.78 x 27.94 cm)

  3. Josef Albers

    Interaction of Color, 1975

    Screenprint on paper

  4. Black Passion by Rudy O. Pozzatti, Image 1.

    Rudy O. Pozzatti

    Black Passion, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    19.875 x 28 in (50.48 x 71.12 cm)

  5. Richard Ziemann

    Stody Hill, 1970

    Etching on paper

    29.75 x 39.5 in (75.57 x 100.33 cm)

  6. Horse & Rider by Robert Goodnough, Image 1.

    Robert Goodnough

    Horse & Rider, 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    9.875 x 13.5 in (25.08 x 34.29 cm)

  7. Capucine by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Capucine, 1960

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 10.75 in (34.93 x 27.31 cm)

  8. Gentle Emetic by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Gentle Emetic, 1840

    Hand-colored etching on paper

    10 x 16.5 in (25.4 x 41.91 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.