Faces on Mirror
c. 1985
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View on museum website →Medium
polyester resin
Dimensions
overall: 12.07 × 23.5 × 17.78 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 7 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Waitzkin Memorial Library Trust
Accession Number
2019.56.3
Art Historical Context
Stella Waitzkin's *Faces on Mirror* (c. 1985) invites viewers into a mesmerizing world of illusion and introspection. This intimate polyester resin sculpture, measuring a compact 12.07 × 23.5 × 17.78 cm, captures ethereal faces emerging on a mirror-like surface, the tactile solidity of sculpture the elusive play of light reflection. Acquired as a from the Waitzkin Library Trust, it graces National Gallery of Art's in the CMC department,ifying her innovative contributions to 20th-century sculptureWaitzkin, active in the vibrant New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, pioneered the use of pol...