The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

La Rue Charles Nodier

1990

Erik Desmazières

(French, 1948-)
printer

Printed by René Tazé and François Baudequin at the Atelier René Tazé, Paris

France
etching, aquatint, roulette
Platemark: 49.7 x 34.5 cm (19 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.62
Catalogue raisonné: F 123
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.
  • Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL
    October 1, 2005
    Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Desmazières, Erik. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1982-1991. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 1991. cat. no. 123
    Rassieur, Thomas E., Anne-Marie Garcia, and Andrew Fitch. Erik Desmazières Prints 2001-2011 [Catalogue Raisonné]. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 2012. cat. no. 183
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.62