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The Library of Babel: The Library: Plunging View

The Library of Babel: The Library: Plunging View

1997
(French, born Morocco, 1948-)
France
Etching and aquatint from the First Suite of ten prints on blue-toned laid paper
Platemark: 35.5 x 26.4 cm (14 x 10 3/8 in.)
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.56.5
Catalogue raisonné: FF 159
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, OH
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Desmazières, Erik. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1991-2001. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 2001. cat. no.159
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