The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Hands

Hands

c. 1977
(French, born Morocco, 1948-)
France
Ink and watercolor
Sheet: 20.7 x 24.8 cm (8 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.67
Location: not on view

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.
  • Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL
    October 9, 2006
    Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Rassieur, Thomas E., Anne-Marie Garcia, and Andrew Fitch. Erik Desmazières Prints 2001-2011 [Catalogue Raisonné]. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 2012. cat. no. 196
  • {{cite web|title=Hands|url=false|author=Erik Desmazières|year=c. 1977|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.67