Erik Desmazières
France
Erik Desmazières is considerd one
of the greatest contemporary printmakers, and has had 5 major
museum retrospectives in Europe, Canada and the United States
during the past few years.
Desmazières was born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1948 and resides
in Paris. He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques
de Paris and studied printmaking at the Cours du Soir de la Ville
de Paris. He has served as president of La Societe des Peintres
Graveurs Francais.
Erik Desmazières is an intaglio printmaker of the Art Fantastique
school, whose artists find their aesthetic antecedents in Bresdin,
Piranesi, Callot and Durer.
Desmazières's still lifes have an ethereal quality due to
his close attention to detail and his grasp of atmospheric light.
His work is included in major museum collections around the world.
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Casque d'apparat
Etching & aquatint,
image size:
$1050
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Rene Taze Atelier VII
Etching & aquatint, 2006
image size: 17 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches
$3000
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Rembrandts Kunstcaemer
Etching, aquatint & roulette, 2007
image size: 16.4 x 22.2 inches
$1500
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Paris, 48º51’Nord – 2º20’ Est
Etching & aquatint, 2008
image size: 8 x 22 inches
$1000
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La Librairie Paul Jammes
Etching & aquatint, 2000
Signed, numbered from ed/90.
34.8 x 49.3 cm.
$1,200
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Le Magasin de Robert Capia
Etching, aquatint & roulette, 2008.
Signed, numbered from ed/90.
71.8 x 89.6 cm.
$4,500
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Musaeum Clausum ( Plate 2)
Etching with aquatint, 2009.
Second of four etchings illustrating text by Sir Thomas Browne, edited
by Patrick Mauriès, published by Les Presses de Serendip, 2009.
With an etched title and an original color lithograph on the slipcase.
Edition of 65
Signed in pencil on the colophon.
Format: 10.6 x7.7 inches
$1,500
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Catalogues raisonnés |
Desmazières Catalogue raisonne
volume 1
Etchings 1972–1981
63 pages, with 67 b/w illustrations.
Format: 9 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (23.7 x 25.5 cm).
Preface by Lucien Goldschmidt
Excerpts from an interview with the artist.
Softcover (very few remaining): $100 |
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Desmazières Catalogue raisonne
volume 2
Etchings 1982–1991
60 pages, with 72 b/w illustrations.
Format: 9 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (23.7 x 25.5 cm).
Preface by Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts,
San Francisco
Softcover: $40
Deluxe edition w/print available for $400 |
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Desmazières Catalogue raisonne
volume 3
Etchings 1991–2001
65 pages, with 71 illustrations (4 color).
Format: 9 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (23.7 x 25.5 cm).
Preface by Maxime Préaud, Conservateur Général, Départment
des Estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Softcover: $25 |
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The Graphic Universe of Erik Desmazières
Hercules Segers Foundation, 2004. For a
one-man exhibition at The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam.
115 pages, with 100 illustrations (4 fold-outs).
Format: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in..
Joint essays by Ed de Heer, Director, and Bob van den
Boogert, Curator, the Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam.
Softcover (shown): $75 |
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Le Paris d'Erik (DVD)
Renaudineau/da Silva, 2006
40 minutes. In French, with English
subtitles.
Follows the creation of Erik's print Atelier René Tazé VII,
last in the series begun 3 decades earlier, before destruction
of the building and relocation of the Atelier.
$50 |
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La Songe De Malatesta
Etching and aquatint
$450
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Entrance Hall with Globe
Etching, aquatint & roulette, 2009.
Signed, numbered from ed/25.
10 x 8.75 inches
$750 (1 available)
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Entrance Hall with Globe
Etching, aquatint & roulette, 2009.
Signed, numbered from ed/75.
8.2 x 6.5 inches
$525
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New Years Card, 2001
Etching & aquatint, 2006
$350
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La rue Charles Nodier
Etching & aquatint, 1990
image size:19 5/8 X 13 5/8 inches
$1300
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La Prince Pluie
Etching with aquatint, 2009.
One of three etchings illustrating Le Prince Pluie, a book with
text by Maxime Préaud, published by Manière Noire
Editeur, 2009 (click on book title above to view the set of illustrations).
Edition of 75 + 10 H.C.
Format: 7.7 x 11.6 inches
$1200
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Petite Controverse Sans Importance
etching, aquatint & roulette, 2005
Image: 17 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches
$900
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Rene Taze Atelier VI
Etching & aquatint, 2006
image size: 17 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches
$9000
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Square d'orleans, Paris
etching & aquatint, 2006.
Image: 12.8 x 9.3 inches
$750
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