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Artist: Carol Wax
Medium: Engraving
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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Mezzotint: History and Technique" authored by Carol Wax. It is FIROS #44 in the catalogue raisonne. This impression is #98 out of 100 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. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...
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1980s American Modern Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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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 Engraving Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

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Previously Available Items
Trim Fit (Deconstructed Singer machine gives both steel and silk equal weight)
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Singer Needle
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Remington Strip Tease
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Remington Strip Tease", was created at the invitation of Bradley University. Issued in an edition of 50, it is referenced as #62 ...
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Singer Needle
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1980s American Modern Engraving Portrait Prints

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Singer III (The wheel turning part of a sewing machine casts shadows on wall)
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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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Early 2000s American Modern Engraving Portrait Prints

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Add Infinitum (Contrived circular and figure 8 pattern allude to Moebius strips)
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Carol Wax calls Math to mind in her mezzotint, Add Infinitum. It was once considered gauche to associate art with money and here the adding machine is itself fashioned into a work of...
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Early 2000s American Modern Engraving Portrait Prints

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Photo Reelism
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Photo Reelism" uses an old family camera and rolls of film to evoke memory and nostalgia of a simpler time It was issued as an editi...
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Photo Reelism
Photo Reelism
H 15.99 in W 8.51 in
Boots (the beauty of the everyday, the mundane)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Are these "Boots" made for walking? Are they primed to give someone a swift kick? Or have they come back from a night of zydeco dancing? There is beauty that we don't often notice i...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Engraving Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

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Find a wide variety of authentic Engraving portrait prints 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 portrait prints 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 orange, red, purple, 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 Charles Amand Durand, McKenney & Hall, Georges Rouault, and Carol Wax. Frequently made by artists working in the Old Masters, 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 Engraving portrait prints, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $2,500,000, while the average work can sell for $781.

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