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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Top Cat, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Top Cat, 2001-2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Conway Twitty, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Conway Twitty, 1999, 1998

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Keys Gap Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Keys Gap Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  4. Mariandynae Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 2.

    Alan Saret

    Mariandynae Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Charlotte On Ice by Richard Stenhouse, Image 1.

    Richard Stenhouse

    Charlotte On Ice, 1979

    Pencil on velum

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  6. Horse Power Versis Man by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Horse Power Versis Man

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Gina at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Home

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Jimmy Boyed, 2002-3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Jimmy Boyed, 2002-3

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.