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Grandpa's Microscope

Carol Wax

Contemporary Art

MEDIUM Mezzotint
DIMENSIONS Image (Sight): 15 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (39.5 x 21.7 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed in graphite, lower right: "CWax"
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2002.124
CREDIT LINE Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Julian Hyman
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Grandpa's Microscope. Mezzotint, Image (Sight): 15 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (39.5 x 21.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Julian Hyman, 2002.124. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2002.124_bw.jpg)
EDITION Edition: 14/75
IMAGE overall, 2002.124_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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RIGHTS STATEMENT © Carol Wax
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Carol Wax (American, born 1953). <em>Grandpa's Microscope</em>. Mezzotint, Image (Sight): 15 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (39.5 x 21.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Julian Hyman, 2002.124. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2002.124_bw.jpg)