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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Notepad by Matt Kenyon, Image 1.

    Matt Kenyon

    Notepad, 2007

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. Natalie Wood, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Natalie Wood, 2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Boy Gorge by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Boy Gorge, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. Water Drop with Support, from Surface Series by Lowell Tolstedt, Image 1.

    Lowell Tolstedt

    Water Drop with Support, from Surface Series, 1978

    Graphite on paper

    22 x 29.75 in (55.88 x 75.57 cm)

  5. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25.25 in (48.26 x 64.14 cm)

  6. Unknown title by Douglas Houchens, Image 2.

    Douglas Houchens

    Unknown title, No date

    Charcoal on paper

    24 x 20 in (60.96 x 50.8 cm)

  7. Tenesee Earney Ford, 2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Tenesee Earney Ford, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. The Sallay Talk Show by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Sallay Talk Show

    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.