Medium: Etching Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (image) Artist details: American, 1950 Date finished: 2007 Edition: of 30
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"Mary Farrell's etchings have an amazing precision and texture that make her imagery so visceral. In Identity, Farrell uses harsh contrast to cover the figure's shoulders and neck in highlights but shroud their face in shadows. I find so much mystery in the figure - the lack of context encourages anonymity but the face seems so specific, the pose is generic but hostile or at least uninviting, a cold but honest portrait. The title further mystifies me as I wonder how well I know this person from Farrell's image, or what really makes up an identity."
Medium: Etching Dimensions: 6 x 4 1/2 inches (plate) 11 x 8 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1950 Date finished: 2007 Edition: of 40
Recommended by Paige(Collections Manager): The texture of this etching is even more incredible in person, from the tiny dots to the craters of the molars. I love the unique perspective where this piece positions the viewer, and the way that Mary Farrell combines abstract and representational details to depict communication (and miscommunication).
Medium: Etching, woodcut, spit bite, hand-coloring Dimensions: 32 x 13 3/4 inches (image) Artist details: American , 1956 Date finished: 2003 Edition: of 2
Medium: Etching and aquatint Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 11 inches (image), 14 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1956 Date finished: 2010 Edition: of 25
Medium: Etching, aquatint, hand-coloring Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches (image) 17 x 12 5/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1956 Date finished: 2003 Edition: of 12