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.
Rene Taze Atelier VII
Etching & aquatint, 2006
image size: 17 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches
$3000 |
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Caprice Venetien
Etching, aquatint & roulette .
$1,250
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Potager en Bourgogne
$2200
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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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La Songe De Malatesta
Etching and aquatint
$450
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Le Jardinier
Etching, aquatint & roulette
$450
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Rembrandts Kunstcaemer
Etching, aquatint & roulette, 2007
image size: 16.4 x 22.2 inches
$1400
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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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Paris, 48º51’Nord – 2º20’ Est
Etching & aquatint, 2008
image size: 8 x 22 inches
$1000
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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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Square d'orleans, Paris
etching & aquatint, 2006.
Image: 12.8 x 9.3 inches
$750 |
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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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 (1 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
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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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Desmazières Catalogue raisonne
volume 4
Etchings 2001
Softcover: $30
Special Edition with print: $500 |
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Les Lieux imaginaires d'Erik Desmazières
Musée Jenisch, Vevey (Switzerland), 2007.
In conjunction with a one-man exhibition June–September, 2007.
136 pages, with 78 illustrations (17 color).
Format: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (21.7 x 28.5 cm).
Hardcover: $50 |
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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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Original works of art by exceptional contemporary printmakers. |
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