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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Gegorge Johns by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gegorge Johns, 2012

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Untitled (Self-Portrait) by Robert Lazzarini, Image 1.

    Robert Lazzarini

    Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2006

    Graphite on paper

    14 x 14 in (35.56 x 35.56 cm)

  3. The Ed Sullivan Show, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Ed Sullivan Show, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. 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)

  5. Black Barney by Robert A. Nelson, Image 1.

    Robert A. Nelson

    Black Barney, 1970

    Pencil, color pencil, and collage on paper

  6. Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz by Lovis Corinth, Image 1.

    Lovis Corinth

    Portrait of Admiral Von Tirpitz, 1917

    Pencil on paper

    12.375 x 9.875 in (31.43 x 25.08 cm)

  7. Clent Black by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Clent Black, No date

    Ink and marker on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  8. Unknown by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Unknown, No date

    Pen and ink on paper mounted to board

    5.75 x 3.75 in (14.61 x 9.53 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.