Erik Desmazières. Register and Sea Shells, 2002. etching, Platemark: 17.3 x 47.4 cm (6 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 17.3 x 47.6 cm (6 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.). Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, 2018.59. Copyrighted.

Register and Sea Shells

2002

Erik Desmazières

Erik Desmazières (French, born Morocco, 1948-)

Prints

Register and Sea Shells, 2002. Erik Desmazières (French, born Morocco, 1948-). Etching; platemark: 17.3 x 47.4 cm (6 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.); sheet: 17.3 x 47.6 cm (6 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.59 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.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Erik Desmazières
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: etching
Medium: etching
Dimensions: Platemark: 17.3 x 47.4 cm (6 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 17.3 x 47.6 cm (6 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Within image, lower left, in black ink: 64/90 Inscription: Within image, lower right, in black ink: Erik Desmazières 2002
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 2018.59
Credit Line: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt
Rights Statement: Copyrighted