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
"Portrait of a Man", 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
"Gift for Crow", oil on canvas, 35x35 inches, 1994
"Cherry Push", lithograph, 20x14 inches, 1994
"Cherry to Floor", lithograph, 14x20 inches, 1995
"Nosey, No.1", lithograph, 16x12 inches, 1995
"Nosey, No.2", lithograph, 16x12 inches, 1995
"Nosey, No.3", lithograph, 16x12 inches, 1995
"Twist of the Nose", lithograph, 18x22 inches, 1995
"Reader", lithograph, 12x14 inches, 1995
"Nails to Ceiling", lithograph, 16x12 inches, 1995
"Nails to Ceiling No.2", lithograph, 12x16 inches, 1995
"Eat Don't Talk!", lithograph, 20x26 inches, 1995
"Hammer Me!", lithograph, 18x22 inches, 1995
"Hairy", original lithograph plate, 12x16 inches, 1995
"Hairy", lithograph, 12x16 inches, 1995
Sketchbook Drawing 10·09·1995, pen on paper, 12x9 inches, 1995
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
Drawing 11·28·1995, ink on paper, 12x9 inches, 1995
"The Punch", ink on paper, 9x12 inches, 1996
"Location Location Location", oil on canvas, 24x22 inches, 1996
"Four Legs & a Hammer", oil on canvas, 33x27 inches, 1996
"Blue Pancake", oil on canvas, 27x28½ inches, 1996
"For the Love of Cherries", oil on canvas, 24x33 inches, 1996
"Man Reading", oil on canvas, 22x28 inches, 1996
"Creation of Man", oil on canvas, 34x27 inches, 1996
"Finding Our Way" oil on canvas, 35x47½ inches, 1996
"Snipping the Flame", oil on canvas, 25x35 inches, 1996
"Squeezing Cherries", oil on canvas, 36x27 inches, 1996
"Coffee and a Pretzel", oil on canvas, 1996
"Hands, Hammer, Nail", oil on canvas, 30x42 inches, 1996
"WHAT!?!", oil on canvas, 30x46 inches, 1996
"Feet on Rug", oil on canvas, 36x36 inches, 1997
"Wondering", oil on canvas, 1997
"Two Men and The Cherry", oil on canvas, 26x35 inches, 1998
"Morning Bell", oil on canvas, 20x25 inches, 1998
"Fearful Hammer", oil on canvas, 1998
"Man & Cherries", oil on canvas, 31x51 inches, 1998
"Bathers", oil on canvas, 45x55 inches, 1998
"Push the Cup", oil on canvas, 21x27 inches, 1998
"Big-Nosed Man", oil on canvas, 28x25 inches, 1999
Drawing 03·08·1999, ink on paper, 1999
"Drowning in Front of Her Breakfast", oil on canvas, 1999
"Hands & Mugs", oil on canvas, 37x53 inches, 1999