CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ 1992-99
In these years Carl Mehrbach returned to representational and figurative art-making. Perhaps the most difficult years in Carl Mehrbach's life, he was required to balance multiple activities. Mehrbach made and taught art, he nurtured children through grade school and through college. Here we see Mehrbach question the profound influence of his mentor, Philip Guston. The works in this period released Mehrbach's pent-up need to self-examine figurative art. Catharsis is the result. This represents seventeen years of his activity.
"Man's Head", oil/canvas/wood, 40x36 inches, 1992
"Hi!", oil/canvas/wood, 43x47 inches, 1992
"Sincere", oil on canvas/gold frame, 30x26 inches, 1992
"Conversation", oil on canvas, 25x41 inches, 1992
"Two Humans", oil on two canvases (diptych), 31x55 inches, 1992
"Man & Woman", oil on canvas, 50x50 inches, 1992
"Truth", oil on canvas, 40x30 inches, 1992
"The Kiss", oil on canvas, 34x31 inches, 1992
"Unsettled Minds", watercolor & pencil on paper, 20x27 inches, 1993
"The Creation", oil on canvas, 31x37 inches, 1993
"Self-Portrait", oil on canvas, 42x48 inches, 1993
"Woman Observed", oil on canvas, 60x50 inches, 1993
"Woman Holding Her Cares", oil on canvas, 31x30 inches, 1993
"Man Writing", oil on canvas, 36x25 inches, 1993
"Presentation", oil on canvas, 40x22 inches, 1993
"Adam & Eve", ink on paper (etching), 20x13 inches, 1994
"Adam & Eve, (II)", ink on paper (etching), 20x16 inches, 1994
"Man versus Woman", linocut, 20x16 inches, 1994
"Two People", etching on paper, 10x8 inches, 1994
"Death's Temptation", etching on paper, 20x14 inches, 1994
"Men Talking", etching on paper, 9x12 inches, 1994
"3 Curious Men", pencil on paper, 12x16 inches, 1994
"Father & Son", print on paper, 20x14 inches, 1994
"Loud Talker", monoprint on paper (state 1), 20x14 inches, 1994
"Loud Talker", monoprint on paper, 20x14 inches, 1994
"Key to Open", linoleum cut, 20x14 inches, 1994
"Cherry Push", lithograph, 20x14 inches, 1994
Cover Drawing for the Book "Fragile Heart", pencil on paper, 1995
Self-Portrait for the book, "Fragile Heart", pencil on paper, 1995
"NOW", pencil & watercolor on paper, 20x26 inches, 1995
"Alice & Me", pencil on paper, 22x17 inches, 1995
"Hands & Mugs", oil on canvas, 37x53 inches, 1999