Carol Wax Art
American, b. 1953
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 Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting.
Recognition of Carol's art includes an Individual Support Grant from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., two Artist Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a Concordia Career Advancement Award from NYFA, The Louise Nevelson Award for Excellence in Printmaking from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and residences at The MacDowell Colony and Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation's Space Program. A selection of the many collections that own her prints are The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York and Boston Public Libraries, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.(Biography provided by Stone and Press Gallery)
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Artist: Carol Wax
Foggy Night (the way home or a Stephen King setting)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
2010s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Trim Fit (Deconstructed Singer machine gives both steel and silk equal weight)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Sew What (the swells and swirls of the stripes are now in the hands of others)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Fly-Over State, Gouache, watercolor and pencil 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas Map
By Carol Wax
Located in New York, NY
Incorporating vintage pages sourced from a 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas, Carol Wax’s ongoing Map series addresses the void between natural and political b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Midnight Sun, Gouache and pencil on 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas Map, 2020
By Carol Wax
Located in New York, NY
Incorporating vintage pages sourced from a 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas, Carol Wax’s ongoing Map series addresses the void between natural and political...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Chesapeake-a-boo, Gouache & Graphite Pencil on 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas Map
By Carol Wax
Located in New York, NY
Incorporating vintage pages sourced from a 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas, Carol Wax’s ongoing Map series addresses the void between natural and political b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Unbearable, Gouache & Graphite Pencil on 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas Map, 2020
By Carol Wax
Located in New York, NY
Incorporating vintage pages sourced from a 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas, Carol Wax’s ongoing Map series addresses the void between natural and political b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Dart Bored, Gouache & Graphite Pencil on 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas Map, 2020
By Carol Wax
Located in New York, NY
Incorporating vintage pages sourced from a 1946 Rand-McNally World Atlas, Carol Wax’s ongoing Map series addresses the void between natural and political b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Sewing Circles
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1990s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer Needle
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Missing Peace (Homage to 911)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Artist's Christmas homage to the attack on the twin towers with reindeer atop the buildings.
Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Mu...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Intaglio
Snow Does (Doe, a deer - a female deer)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1990s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Doe Bow (Christmas Bow Features Santa's Reindeer, Word Play)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
A series of prints was commissioned by the Met Museum in NY in a regular edition of 40 This impression is from an edition of 5 artist proofs. This impression is #4/5
Carol Wax origi...
Category
2010s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Intaglio
Remington Strip Tease
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Fir Play
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
A series of prints was commissioned by the Met Museum in NY in a regular edition of 40 This impression is from an edition of 5 artist proofs. This impression is #4/5
Carol Wax origi...
Category
2010s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Intaglio
Deerflake (The artist's first work celebrating the Solstice / deer as snowflake)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Frog Cog
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
The Oliver (This image is being used to promote an upcoming show at the MET )
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Night Game (games of our waking life versus those we play in our dreams)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer IV (part of a typewriter that is iconic)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer I
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Realist Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer I (Distorted perspective with shadows of an old Singer typewriter)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer III (The wheel turning part of a sewing machine casts shadows on wall)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
The Old Clothesline
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Architextures
By Carol Wax
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 ...
Category
1980s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Zebragram (a stylized circular design created by repeated imagery of a zebra)
By Carol Wax
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. ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer 10101
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Scopes
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Missing Link
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
2010s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Birds of Paradigm
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Made in China (A lantern with Chinese characters etched on the base)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Vertical Zydeco (Making Cajun music with rhythmic patterns of light and shadow)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1990s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Apple Peeler II (a kitchen tool interpreted by paintings of Yves Tanguy)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Singer II (Woodgrain, incised metal plate of a Singer typewriter casts shadows)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Trunk Lines (Interweaved faces, ears and the trunks of elephants form design)
By Carol Wax
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...
Category
1980s American Modern Carol Wax Art
Materials
Mezzotint
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