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"THE MYSTERY" GOUACHE FRAMED 18 X 20
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Art
Materials
Gouache
"ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI" LARGE MULTIMEDIA FRAMED 28.5 X 52.5
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"HYMN TO THE RED MOON BATIK MID CENTURY
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Art
Materials
Ink
"GIRLS NIGHT OUT" MID CENTURY MODERN BATIK SAN ANTONIO ARTIST
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques
Category
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric
"THE DANCE" San Antonio Artist MARGARET PUTNAM (1913-1989) BOLD BEAUTIFUL COLORS
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
"A Drink"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues
Category
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Etching
"Portrait of a Woman"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Girls" Batik
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and
Category
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Ink
"Untitled" mid century modern MCM
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Voulkos, Ceramic Sculptural bowl hand signed by renowned sculptor and ceramicist
By Peter Voulkos
Located in New York, NY
York Times. He also produced dinnerware to sell through high-quality stores, and was noted for his wax
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze, Mixed Media
African Batik Cloth Natural Hand-woven Hand-Printed Cotton Fabric Ghana 10 Yards
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
. The wax acts as a resist, preventing dye from penetrating the waxed areas. After dyeing, the wax is
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Substantial Peter beard Vase in a Manganese Wax Resist Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Segmented Vase in a Copper Oxide Wax resist glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase with a wax resist spiral decoration in copper oxide
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase decorated with concentric circles in a wax resist Manganese glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a Wax Resist Copper Oxide Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$2,240
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a Wax Resist Titanium Oxide Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$1,920
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a wax resist Copper Oxide Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$512
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Vase in a Copper Oxide Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$472
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Vase in a Manganese Oxide Glaze with an undulating rim
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$560
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
PB 36
Peter Beard Conical Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze
2024
24cm high, 15.5cm wide
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$2,330
Peter Beard
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vessel with a coper oxide wax resist glaze mounted on a stone base
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$2,320
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
PB37
Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted Rim in a Manganese Wax Resist Glaze
2024
20cm x 16cm
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$2,193
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
PB33
Peter Beard Undulating Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze
2024
19cm high, 14cm wide, 12 cm deep
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$1,919
"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany
By Gerd Knäpper
Located in New York, NY
Unique stoneware "Uzumaki" vase, partially unglazed using a wax-resist method, with matte brown and
Category
1990s German Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
PB35
Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted rim with a “Dash” Design in a Wax Resist Glaze
2024
24cm
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$2,193
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
PB 32
Large Peter Beard Vase with a Dark Blue Cobalt Wax Resist Glaze on a Carved Vessel
2024
35cm
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$3,427
Chinese Three-Color (Sancai) Glazed Pottery Amphora
Located in Wilton, CT
Dragons Biting the Rim.
Decorated with Cream, Green and Chestnut Wax Resist Glaze.
Category
Chinese Ceramics
Roger Capron Vallauris French Ceramic "Diabolo" Vase, circa 1960
By Roger Capron
Located in London, GB
Hand-painted and glazed "diabolo" vase in wax resist technique by Roger Capron, Vallauris
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik
Located in Taipei, TW
Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik, long cloth, hip wrapper, hand drawn wax resist Lubeng (stupa
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Irish Batik tapestry by Bernadette Madden
Located in Fall River, MA
1970. She works mainly in batik (wax resist on linen) and also makes screenprints on paper.
Category
1990s Northern Irish Tapestries
Materials
Wood, Paper
ABA-8 Nuoveforme Madras Vase
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI
design is made with a hot wax resist (an ancient technique that enables a major precision in the drawing
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
$365 / item
Rare 1970s-1980s Kain Panjang Batik Tulis, Long Cloth for Hip Wrapper
Located in Taipei, TW
hand drawn wax resist tampal pattern, triangle patchwork design, with each triangle encasing different
Category
Vintage 1970s Indonesian Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Roger Capron Vallauris Large Abstract Free-Form Ceramic "Waves" Dish, circa 1965
By Roger Capron
Located in London, GB
period in which he produced the wax resist techniques before he moved onto gres (stoneware).
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pottery
Peter Beard Disc
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter Beard
A Large Disc in a Wax Resist Glaze mounted on Welsh Slate
40cm high, 31cm wide
Category
2010s Mounted Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$5,757
ABA-11 Nuoveforme Rectangular Black / White Vase
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI
the second for the black.The geometrical pattern is achieved with a wax resist mask that is then
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
ABA-6 Nuoveforme Vase with Handle, Flowers Pattern
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI
hand with liquid wax resist and then the drawing is filled by brush with colored enamels.After the
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
ABA-5 Geometrical Pattern Vase
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI
create the raw background and the other for the colored enamels that are applied by using the wax resist
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
$389 / item
ABA-7 Nuoveforme Tropical Leaves Vase
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI
leaves we used a wax resist technique and then the colors are painted by hand with a brush. After the
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
$365 / item
Painting of 3 Figures by Margaret Putman
Located in Fulton, CA
, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques, combining mediums
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Artifact #84
By Caleb Charland
Located in New York, NY
. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Artifact #1453
By Caleb Charland
Located in New York, NY
. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Artifact #1463
By Caleb Charland
Located in New York, NY
. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A french 18th indigo wax resist-dying quilt - Provence Circa 1780
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1800
France - Provence
Large quilt printed with indigo wax by using resist-dying (circa 1780
Category
Late 18th Century French Textiles and Quilts
Landscape with Trees - Wax by J. Soedihono - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Of Javanese
Category
1970s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wax
Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in San Diego, CA
Ceramic bowl by renown Chicago ceramic artist Clyde Burt with wax resist decoration.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany, 1991
By Gerd Knäpper
Located in Munich, DE
Fantastic unique stoneware Uzumaki vase, partially unglazed using a wax-resist
method, with matte
Category
1990s German Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Decorative Ceramic Platter with Faces in the Manner of Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
is a matte white, with deep red clay body revealed through a wax-resist technique. Signed ERL on the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Colorful Peacock Silk Batik Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
with greens, blues, reds, lavender and persimmon dyed using the wax-resist method. Mounted on a wood
Category
Vintage 1940s Indonesian Paintings
Materials
Silk
Marianna Von Allesch Ceramic Table Lamp
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed Marianna Von Allesch ceramic table lamp with a wax-resist glaze design highlighting stylized
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
artist used a wax resist to create the leaf forms and geometric center band. The ceramic element alone
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Winifred Jagger, Tiger, Original Silk Batik Painting, 2016
By Winifred Jagger
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
style. 'Tiger 2016' is painted with ink on silk, made using traditional batik wax resist printing
Category
2010s British Contemporary Art
Materials
Silk
Signed Silk Batik Textile Contemporary Art Painting 1950s Framed
Located in West Hartford, CT
Fantastic large Batik art, the technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to a whole cloth. The batik
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Chrome
Oriental Scene - Original Batik on paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
foxings and light folds.
Includes frame: 47 x 2.5 x 69.5 cm
Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Palm Springs Bow Tie Stoneware Vase
By Jonathan Adler
Located in New York, NY
striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin-matte ivory
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Jim Malone Studio Pottery Vase with Foliate Designs, 20th Century
By Jim Malone
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
sides and stands on a narrow rounded foot. It is decorated with foliate designs in wax resist cream
Category
20th Century English Vases
Andrianna Shamaris Balinese Antique Ceremonial Sarong
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
for these soft cotton batiks. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the
Category
Vintage 1960s Indonesian Organic Modern Textiles
Materials
Textile
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Wax Resist For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal wax resist for your home. A wax resist — often made from ceramic, pottery and porcelain — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the wax resist you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A wax resist made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. Peter Beard, Alvino Bagni and Geoffrey Whiting each produced at least one beautiful wax resist that is worth considering.
How Much is a Wax Resist?
Prices for a wax resist can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $295 and can go as high as $4,000, while the average can fetch as much as $560.
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