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    • Artist Statement
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    • Pictorial History: Home Page >
      • Pictorial History: 1970-73
      • Pictorial History: 1973-77
      • Pictorial History: 1977-79
      • Pictorial History: 1979-82
      • Pictorial History 1982-87
      • Pictorial History: 1987-93
      • Pictorial History: 1993-04
      • Pictorial History: 2005-09
      • Pictorial History: 2010-15
      • Pictorial History: 2016-17
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      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1979-82
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1983-87
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      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1992-99
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      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É-Paintings 2005-09
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  Carl Mehrbach
CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1977-79
Carl Mehrbach studied at Boston University, receiving his M.F.A. in painting in 1979. His chief mentor was Philip Guston. He also studied with James Weeks, Bernard Chaet, John Wilson, Robert D’Arista, Wayne Thiebaud, and Morton Sachs.
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"First Boston University Painting", oil on painting, 1977 (Philip Guston's critique: "Stop doing what you've done before!")
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"Resisting the Sirens", charcoal on paper, 1977 (assignment for Morton Sach's Art Discussion class)
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"Breakthrough Drawing", charcoal on paper, 1978 (first work critiqued positively by Philip Guston)
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"Abstract Drawing #2", charcoal/paper, 1978 (Philip Guston approved with touch & fingerprints), Glenn Mehrbach Collection
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"Breakthrough Abstraction", oil on canvas, 1978
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"Abstract #2", oil on canvas, 1978
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"Influenced by Gorky", oil on canvas, 1978
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"Abstract #3 - Mural", oil on canvas, 1978
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"Abstract #4", oil on paper, 1978
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"Discussion", oil on canvas, 1978 (first work influenced by Philip Guston's figurative work)
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"Objects & Me", oil on masonite, 1978 (Philip Guston comment: "You really enjoy making objects!"
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"The Three of Us", oil on canvas, 1979
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Drawing 03·26·1979, charcoal on paper
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"Anxiety", oil on canvas, 1979
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"Four Men in Room", oil on masonite, 1979
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Drawing 04·02·1979 (self-portrait), pencil on paper, 1979
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"Father & Sons", oil on masonite, 1979
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"Before Dinner", oil on canvas, 1979
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"Boston University's Last Abstraction", oil on canvas, 1979

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