The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
The Library of Babel
1997
(French, born Morocco, 1948-)
Catalogue raisonné: FF 157-166
Location: not on view
Description
Erik Desmazières’ etchings and aquatints represent libraries, city views, cabinets of wonder, and other spaces rich with meaning, history, and content, both real and imagined. Through virtuoso draftsmanship and his consummate command of the technical aspects of etching, Desmazières renders his architectural spaces and cityscapes with hardened reality, simultaneously imbuing them with an uncanny sense of the fantastic and the surreal.- Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OHJune 4, 2018The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Desmazières, Erik. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1972-1981. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 1981. cat. nos. 157-166
- {{cite web|title=The Library of Babel|url=false|author=Erik Desmazières|year=1997|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.56