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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled #1 by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled #1, 1974

    Pencil on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  2. The Man in the Moon by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Man in the Moon

    Ink on paper

    11.75 x 9 in (29.85 x 22.86 cm)

  3. 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)

  4. Doris, My First Cusan by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Doris, My First Cusan

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  5. Gina and Husband by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina and Husband

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  6. Young Boy with Hat by Thomas Hart Benton, Image 1.

    Thomas Hart Benton

    Young Boy with Hat, No date

    Pen, India ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper

    9.125 x 7 in (23.18 x 17.78 cm)

  7. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    13.75 x 6.75 in (34.93 x 17.15 cm)

  8. Untitled by Maurice Sterne, Image 1.

    Maurice Sterne

    Untitled, No date

    Pencil on paper

    11.25 x 10.5 in (28.58 x 26.67 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.