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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. William Eggleston, Oxford, Miss. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    William Eggleston, Oxford, Miss., 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 9 in (34.29 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Black and Hand-Checkered Rump, New York City, Social Context by Larry Fink, Image 1.

    Larry Fink

    Black and Hand-Checkered Rump, New York City, Social Context, 1985

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  3. The Kong Forest by Eliot Porter, Image 1.

    Eliot Porter

    The Kong Forest, c. 1980

    Dye transfer print

    10.75 x 14 in (27.31 x 35.56 cm)

  4. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  5. Night Tree by Louise Nevelson, Image 1.

    Louise Nevelson

    Night Tree, 1972

    Embossed lead mounted on paper

  6. Kim Novak & Vittorio DeSica in Moll Flanders by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Kim Novak & Vittorio DeSica in Moll Flanders, 1964

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 11 in (35.24 x 27.94 cm)

  7. Fred Allen by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Fred Allen, 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 7.875 in (25.4 x 20.0 cm)

  8. Imari Plate by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Imari Plate, First half of 18th Century

    Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue, iron red, and gilt decoration

    12.25 x 1.25 in (31.12 x 3.18 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.