id:			309503
accession number:	2018.56
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.56
updated:		2023-01-19 15:31:51.938000

The Library of Babel, 1997. Erik Desmazières (French, born Morocco, 1948-). Portfolio of ten etchings and aquatints printed on blue-toned laid paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.56

title:				The Library of Babel
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creation date:			1997
creation date earliest:		1997
creation date latest:		1997
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creditline:			Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt
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culture:	France
technique:	Portfolio of ten etchings and aquatints printed on blue-toned laid paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Mezzotint
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: FF 157-166

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CREATORS

* Erik Desmazières (French, born Morocco, 1948-)  - artist

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edition of the work: 	First suite, XXV/XXV

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 4, 2018
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digital 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Desmazières, Erik. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1972-1981. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 1981.
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