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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Don D Fore, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Don D Fore, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Rocket Man, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rocket Man, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Burt Rynals, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Burt Rynals, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Jay Lenos, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jay Lenos, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8 in (30.48 x 20.32 cm)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  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.