The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Library of Babel: Low-Angle Shot

The Library of Babel: Low-Angle Shot

1997
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
  • Desmazières, Erik. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1991-2001. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 2001. cat. no.164
    Desmazières, Erik. Les lieux imaginaires d'Érik Desmazières = Érik Desmazières : imaginary places. Milan: 5 Continents, 2007. cat.. no. 96
  • {{cite web|title=The Library of Babel: Low-Angle Shot|url=false|author=Erik Desmazières, Printed by René Tazé and François Baudequin at the Atelier René Tazé, Paris|year=1997|access-date=19 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.56.8