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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Eye on Door, Spook-A-Rama, Coney Island, Pennsylvania by Lisa Kereszi, Image 1.

    Lisa Kereszi

    Eye on Door, Spook-A-Rama, Coney Island, Pennsylvania, 2007

    Archival pigment print

    30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

  2. Ronnie Millsap, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ronnie Millsap, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  3. Ferry, from Survey 1986 by Eliot Porter, Image 1.

    Eliot Porter

    Ferry, from Survey 1986, 1986

    Dye transfer print

    9.75 x 14.75 in (24.77 x 37.47 cm)

  4. Visible Difference by Howard Kanovitz, Image 1.

    Howard Kanovitz

    Visible Difference, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    32.75 x 23.875 in (83.19 x 60.64 cm)

  5. Untitled (from "Fashion") by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Untitled (from "Fashion"), 1979

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.375 x 22 in (74.61 x 55.88 cm)

  6. Cigar by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Cigar, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    22.625 x 24 in (57.47 x 60.96 cm)

  7. Willie Dixon, Toad's Place, New Haven by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Willie Dixon, Toad's Place, New Haven, 1976

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 17 in (27.94 x 43.18 cm)

  8. Georgia Blizzard by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    Georgia Blizzard

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 14.25 in (34.29 x 36.2 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.