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criminal how good Desmazières's etchings are, Some of them fail to please me but then there are things like the Tower of Babel or his libraries

which are just superb.
'There are printmakers and printmakers, and then there is Erik Desmazières, a Frenchman who stands in a class by himself.
'The New York Times

Erik Desmazières is considered to be one of the finest French printmakers of his generation.
His etchings and drawings, rendered with masterly precision and attention to detail, range from intimate interiors to wild architectural fantasies, and recall Old Masters such as Bosch and Goya.
A prolonging of childhood fairytales, the allure of Erik DesmaziSres' prints lies in part in their ambiguity, but also in the technical virtuosity, careful observation, and singularity of his inventions.
This volume surveys the artist's earlier production from thes ands, focusing on Desmazières imaginary places, throughprints and drawings.
It includes the artist's masterpieces The Temptation of St Anthony, the prints used to illustrate Borges's Library of Babel, Imaginary Alphabets, and Rembrandt's Curiosity Cabinet, to name a few.
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