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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled (San Francisco SFO Airport Immigration March, 2017) by Alvin C. Jacobs, Image 1.

    Alvin C. Jacobs

    Untitled (San Francisco SFO Airport Immigration March, 2017), 2017

    Digital print on paper

    10.125 x 15.25 in (25.72 x 38.74 cm)

  2. Alex Haley, Norris, Tenn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Alex Haley, Norris, Tenn., 1990

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 9 in (34.29 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Kannapolis, North Carolina by Peter Turnley, Image 1.

    Peter Turnley

    Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1986

    Archival pigment print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  4. Mary Ellen Mark

    Two Girls in Dresses on Lawn, Miami, from the portfolio "In America", 1986

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  5. Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 12.75 in (36.83 x 32.39 cm)

  6. Monrovia, Maryland by Frank P. Herrera, Image 1.

    Frank P. Herrera

    Monrovia, Maryland, 1980

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 17.5 in (35.56 x 44.45 cm)

  7. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    21.75 x 29.75 in (55.25 x 75.57 cm)

  8. Foot and Faces by Marisol Escobar, Image 1.

    Marisol Escobar

    Foot and Faces, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    13 x 10 in (33.02 x 25.4 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.