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Frederick Mershimer Figurative Prints

American, b. 1958

Frederick Mershimer received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, where he majored in painting and drawing. After moving to New York in 1983, he studied printmaking at the New School, Pratt Graphics Center (1984–87) and Manhattan Graphics Center (1988–92). Mershimer was initially drawn to the mezzotint process because it echoed his approach to drawing. In 2007, Stone and Press published a catalog raisonné of his work, titled Frederick Mershimer Mezzotints 1984–2006. Mershimer’s works are included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum, the Corcoran Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, Georgetown University, Library of Congress, the McNay Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum.

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Artist: Frederick Mershimer
Ascension (Traffic in front of St. Bartholomew / Park Ave bet 50th and 51s
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
An overflow of traffic in front of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Cathedral on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st
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1990s Contemporary Frederick Mershimer Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Into the Night (a lone male emerges from a subway stop by the Flatiron Building)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lone figure emerges out of bright lights streaming from a subway entrance at the corner of 23rd and Broadway near the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park. He has just exited the uptown...
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Early 2000s American Modern Frederick Mershimer Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Fire Dance (Flambeaux carriers light the path of Endymion parade in New Orleans)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #109 Mershimer created a color mezzotint of the Mardi Gras scene in mid-city New Orleans. The parade was the Endymion crew marching on Canal Street near Jefferson ...
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1990s American Modern Frederick Mershimer Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Sanctuary (St. Anthony's Garden at rear of St. Louis Cathedral on Royal Street)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French Quarter garden is a serene haven with a lighted statue of Christ that exists not very far from the raucous revelry of New Orleans' Bourbon S...
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1990s American Modern Frederick Mershimer Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Mezzotint

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