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Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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.
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Artist: Carol Wax
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...
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1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

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...
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1990s American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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Early 2000s American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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1990s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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 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 Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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1980s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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2010s American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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1980s Realist Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

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 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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1990s American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

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Refractions
H 17.52 in Dm 8.75 in
Fanfare (Shadows cast by Westinghouse Fan may suggest Musical Notes)
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Singer Needle
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Fabric-ation
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax allows the fabric to dominate the image as it spills forth from a tiny typewriter.. She is clearing having fun with imagery from other pieces now being arranged. This image...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Fabric-ation
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H 10.01 in Dm 4.02 in
Refractions
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax creates a portrait of her grandfather's microscope as if t were peeking out the wooden case in which the scope was housed. This image is #30 from an edition of only 75, ref...
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1990s American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Refractions
Refractions
H 17.52 in Dm 8.75 in
Remington Noiseless
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Remington Noiseless No. 6 had a black iron dome covering the moving parts and suppressing noise. It is presented in a light that suggests a mo...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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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...
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Carol Wax uses an old water tap and fabric to conjure up Mr. Bojangles "Tap Dance " is from an edition of only 75, referenced as Firos 80 Carol Wax origina...
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Tap Dance
Tap Dance
H 20.52 in W 4.49 in
Remington Strip Tease
By Carol Wax
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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1990s Contemporary Carol Wax Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

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