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Artist: Carol Wax
Medium: Mezzotint
The Oliver (This image is being used to promote an upcoming show at the MET )
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Oliver which is in several museum collections and has won numerous awards) is being used to promote the show, Printed Ladies, opening March 1st at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and will be reproduced on the cover of the upcoming revised second edition of Carol's book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique which is due out in early 2024 Thomas Oliver invented the first double-sided lateral top stroke machine. This was No. 9 introduced in 1916. With light focused on the machine it suggested the logo of the Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes series - giving off an anima-like aura. The print was issued in an edition of 75. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Sew What (the swells and swirls of the stripes are now in the hands of others)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Sew What" is a color mezzotint with burin engraving created in an edition of 35. This impression is #6. I love sumptuously designed textiles in both real life and art. Patterns metamorphosing over fabric folds appeal to my interest in modulating rhythmic forms, particularly the swells and swirls of calligraphic stripes. I’m also fascinated by articulated wooden hand models, which appear in many of my paintings. Combining these passions with sewing paraphernalia from my seamstress days provided inspiration for my color mezzotint engraving "Sew What". Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer Needle
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed to illustrate the step by step mezzotint process in the Abrams publication: "The Me...
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1980s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Foggy Night (the way home or a Stephen King setting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #22 Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mez...
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2010s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Deerflake (The artist's first work celebrating the Solstice / deer as snowflake)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the deer. T...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Night Game (games of our waking life versus those we play in our dreams)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint "Night Game" explores the games of our waking life versus those we play in our dreams. It is signed, titled and numbered in pencil -- an edition of 75. Carol W...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Frog Cog
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the frog. T...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Remington Strip Tease
Located in New Orleans, LA
Remington Strip Tease had a black iron dome covering the moving parts and suppressing noise. It is presented in a light that suggests a monument. It is f...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Snow Does (Doe, a deer - a female deer)
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exclusive publication for Stone and Press Gallery, "Snow Does" was created in an edition of 100. It is FIROS #66 in the catalogue raisonne. Carol Wax originally trained to be a c...
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1990s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Birds of Paradigm
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the elephan...
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1980s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Sewing Circles
Located in New Orleans, LA
A play on words provides the title for this image -- a circle created out of the deconstructed parts of Singer IV This image is #37 from an edition of only 50, referenced as Firos 78...
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1990s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Architextures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architextures is a suite of 8 mezzotints in an edition of 50 created in 1984: Mosque and Mosque Interior (5.1 cm x 5.1 cm) Dome and Dome Interior (5.7cm x 3.8 cm) Castle and Castle ...
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1980s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer I (Distorted perspective with shadows of an old Singer typewriter)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer I", shows a distorted view of an old Singer sewing machine. The artist created a convincing illusion of real mass, space and depth. Issued in an edit...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Scopes
Located in New Orleans, LA
The marriage between the art of science and the art of seeing was cemented by the invention of the lens. It is FIROS #48 in the catalogue raisonne. Carol Wax originally trained to b...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Vertical Zydeco (Making Cajun music with rhythmic patterns of light and shadow)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Vertical Zydeco" reflects a fascination with ways to suggest sound and movement through rhythmic patterns of light and shadow. It is an edition of 75. The image is real...
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1990s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Missing Link
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is #12 from an edition of only 75, Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after...
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2010s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer III (The wheel turning part of a sewing machine casts shadows on wall)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer III", shows the wheel view of an old Singer sewing machine. It was conceived more of imagination than reality. Issued in an edition of 50, this image...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer I
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This mezzotint from 1984 is an excellent example of this difficult medium. Signed, titled and numbered, from the edition of 75. Wax is recognized as a master of the mezzotint techni...
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1980s Realist Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer 10101
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer 10101", is an image of Singer I as seen through a drafting template. It was issued as an edition of 40 and was printed at the Indiana University print...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Apple Peeler II (a kitchen tool interpreted by paintings of Yves Tanguy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Apple Peeler II", shows the simple tool influenced in part by Yves Tanguy. It was created in 1992 an edition of 50. This image is...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Made in China (A lantern with Chinese characters etched on the base)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Made in China", explores the irony that glass, a transparent material alters perceptions of reality. This is the first instance in which Wax explores that iro...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer II (Woodgrain, incised metal plate of a Singer typewriter casts shadows)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, Singer II looking at the end of the typewriter portrays the incised metal and the wood grain of the machine. It was issued as an edition of 75. This image is i...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Singer IV (part of a typewriter that is iconic)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, Singer IV looking at the botton of the typewriter portrays the incised metal of the machine. It was issued as an edition of 75 and this impression is #22. FIR...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

The Old Clothesline
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is the first image in which the artist used back lighting. "The Old Clothesline" is an edition of 75 and was featured on the cover of Carol Wax's book "The Mezzotint, History a...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Trunk Lines (Interweaved faces, ears and the trunks of elephants form design)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the elephan...
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1980s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Zebragram (a stylized circular design created by repeated imagery of a zebra)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the zebra. ...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

Trim Fit (Deconstructed Singer machine gives both steel and silk equal weight)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax deconstructs a Singer sewing machine in this mezzotint created in an edition of 75. The image gives equal weight to the steel of the machine and the silk of the fabric. It...
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Early 2000s American Modern Art by Medium: Mezzotint

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Mezzotint

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Mezzotint art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mezzotint art available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add art created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of pink, red, yellow and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Carol Wax, Mario Avati, David Lucas, and Johann Wilhelm Weinmann. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Mezzotint art, so small editions measuring 0.01 inches across are also available

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