By: Erik Desmazières

Medium: Etching, aquatint & roulette
Year: 2008.
Edition: Signed, numbered from ed/90.
ImageSize: 28.25 x 35.25 inches

Erik Desmazières’s Le Magasin de Robert Capia is an opulent masterwork of observational etching, capturing the densely layered atmosphere of a Parisian curiosity shop. Shelves overflow with books, ceramics, sculpture, and arcane objects, each rendered with meticulous precision. The viewer’s eye drifts through the room’s architectural depth—from the mannequins and piled papers in the foreground to the chandeliers, mirrors, and receding passages beyond—revealing new details with every glance. This richly orchestrated interior is both an homage to the collector’s world and a testament to Desmazières’s unrivaled command of texture, light, and spatial complexity.