The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 17, 2025

Views of Amsterdam: Amstel Court

Views of Amsterdam: Amstel Court

2004
(French, born Morocco, 1948-)
Platemark: 23.5 x 56.6 cm (9 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.2 x 69 cm (15 1/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: FF 189
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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