Medium: 3-plate mezzotint Dimensions: 18 x 18 inches (image) 24 x 22 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2004 Edition: of 75
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (image) 25 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2000 Edition: of 75 Condition: Small creases and small tear at top of sheet.
Medium: Carborundum mezzotint and burin engraving Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) 7 7/8 x 9 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2019 Edition: of 25
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 10 x 4 inches (image) 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2005 Edition: of 75
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (image) 18 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2002 Edition: of 75
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (image) 8 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 2016 Edition: of 50
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 7 x 8 3/4 inches (image) Artist details: American, 1953 Date finished: 1982 Edition: of 75
Recommended by Nikki (Art Photographer / Marketing and Exhibitions Specialist):
Carol Wax is an expert mezzotint printmaker (a time-consuming process that uses extreme lights and darks to build up an image on a copperplate). In this scene fire, twine, and darkness (with time as a witness) play an important role in Wax’s narrative. To feed the light, the twine must burn, but there is a finite amount of the consumable resource before the flame inevitably goes out and it becomes dark.