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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitiled (9 Layers) by Adam Fowler, Image 1.

    Adam Fowler

    Untitiled (9 Layers), 2007

    Hand-cut graphite on paper

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

  2. Ronie Millsap, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ronie Millsap, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. F. Phantasm Flux by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    F. Phantasm Flux, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.25 in (57.15 x 76.84 cm)

  4. Landscape by William Dunlap, Image 1.

    William Dunlap

    Landscape, 1972

    Pencil on paper

    32.25 x 28.125 in (81.92 x 71.44 cm)

  5. Smiling Crowd by Reginald Marsh, Image 1.

    Reginald Marsh

    Smiling Crowd, no date

    Ink on paper

  6. The Giant Hamerhead Shark, 20005/20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Giant Hamerhead Shark, 20005/20006

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Fine Yard Funeture by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Fine Yard Funeture

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Allan Aldan by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Allan Aldan

    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.