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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. A Winston Smoking Man, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Winston Smoking Man, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Positive Field by Kay WalkingStick, Image 1.

    Kay WalkingStick

    Positive Field, 1982

    Acrylic and wax over ink on canvas

    56 x 56 x 4 in (142.24 x 142.24 x 10.16 cm)

  3. Yellow, Red and Black for Lorca by Terry Frost, Image 1.

    Terry Frost

    Yellow, Red and Black for Lorca, 1981

    Screenprint on paper

    30.5 x 22.5625 in (77.47 x 57.31 cm)

  4. Trophies by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Trophies, 1978

    Offset print

    19.8125 x 13.875 in (50.32 x 35.24 cm)

  5. The Third of Six Images for J by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    The Third of Six Images for J, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    18 x 36.25 in (45.72 x 92.08 cm)

  6. Summer Suite E, from Summer Suite Series by Conrad Marca-Relli, Image 1.

    Conrad Marca-Relli

    Summer Suite E, from Summer Suite Series, 1970

    Lithograph with paper, fabric and canvas collage mounted to board

    26.125 x 20 in (66.36 x 50.8 cm)

  7. Lilly Daché by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Lilly Daché, 1948

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 11 in (35.24 x 27.94 cm)

  8. Arthur Segal

    Untitled, No date

    Woodcut on paper

    15.375 x 11.125 in (39.05 x 28.26 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.