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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Coffie Mug by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Coffie Mug, 2006

    Ink and pencil on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Untitled (Self-Portrait) by Robert Lazzarini, Image 1.

    Robert Lazzarini

    Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2006

    Graphite on paper

    14 x 14 in (35.56 x 35.56 cm)

  3. Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Santy Clause As Everyman, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    13 x 9.625 in (33.02 x 24.45 cm)

  4. Cat Tails by Celia Flock, Image 1.

    Celia Flock

    Cat Tails, 1980

    Color pencil and acrylic on paper

    29.75 x 22 in (75.57 x 55.88 cm)

  5. Mama Reading by David Burliuk, Image 2.

    David Burliuk

    Mama Reading, 1946

    Graphite on paper

    13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 cm)

  6. 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)

  7. The Sallay Talk Show by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Sallay Talk Show

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Selfportrait as Printer by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Selfportrait as Printer, No date

    Ink on paper

    9 x 13 in (22.86 x 33.02 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.