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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Howard Bond

    Spray, Mt. Rainier National Park, 1981

    Gelatin silver print

    21.875 x 27.9375 in (55.56 x 70.96 cm)

  2. Plum Tree of the Friendly Garden by Yoshida Toshi, Image 1.

    Yoshida Toshi

    Plum Tree of the Friendly Garden, c. 1980

    Woodblock on paper

    30.375 x 15.75 in (77.15 x 40.01 cm)

  3. Comstock #2: Miner by Jim McCormick, Image 1.

    Jim McCormick

    Comstock #2: Miner, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    15.1875 x 12 in (38.58 x 30.48 cm)

  4. Dante, I Had Not Known That Death Had Undone So Many by Tom Phillips, Image 1.

    Tom Phillips

    Dante, I Had Not Known That Death Had Undone So Many, c. 1975

    Etching on paper

    25.5 x 19.5 in (64.77 x 49.53 cm)

  5. Prodigal Son by Thomas Hart Benton, Image 2.

    Thomas Hart Benton

    Prodigal Son, 1939

    Lithograph on paper

    10.75 x 13.625 in (27.31 x 34.61 cm)

  6. Fulham (Chelsea) by James McNeill Whistler, Image 2.

    James McNeill Whistler

    Fulham (Chelsea), 1879

    Etching and drypoint on paper

    5.5 x 8 in (13.97 x 20.32 cm)

  7. A House Beleaguered by Devils by School of Strassburg, Image 1.

    School of Strassburg

    A House Beleaguered by Devils, 1482

    Woodcut with hand coloring

    9 x 6.5 in (22.86 x 16.51 cm)

  8. Untitled (from "Fashion") by Joyce Tenneson, Image 1.

    Joyce Tenneson

    Untitled (from "Fashion"), 1985-2005

    Color instant print (Polaroid)

    29.375 x 22 in (74.61 x 55.88 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.