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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Peter Bondeson/Potato Farmer, New Sweden, Maine by Sarah Putnam, Image 1.

    Sarah Putnam

    Peter Bondeson/Potato Farmer, New Sweden, Maine, 1980

    Gelatin silver print

    7.5 x 10.875 in (19.05 x 27.62 cm)

  2. Shrimp Fleet V by Carl Schwartz, Image 1.

    Carl Schwartz

    Shrimp Fleet V, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.25 in (38.1 x 56.52 cm)

  3. Route 25 West by Jack Eaker, Image 1.

    Jack Eaker

    Route 25 West, 1979

    Color lithograph on paper

    29.375 x 21 in (74.61 x 53.34 cm)

  4. St. Julian Childs Stairway, Charleston, S.C. by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    St. Julian Childs Stairway, Charleston, S.C., 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    14.5 x 18 in (36.83 x 45.72 cm)

  5. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 2.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.75 x 31.25 in (98.43 x 79.38 cm)

  6. Dam Plan by Ray George, Image 1.

    Ray George

    Dam Plan, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    22.125 x 29.875 in (56.2 x 75.88 cm)

  7. Pier Angeli by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Pier Angeli, 1952

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 10.875 in (35.56 x 27.62 cm)

  8. Leslie Caron by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Leslie Caron, 1952

    Gelatin silver print

    10.75 x 14 in (27.31 x 35.56 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.