L'Atelier de Louis Icart (Louis Icart's Studio)

1980

Erik Desmazières

Associated Names
Erik Desmazières

Artist, French, born 1948

Atelier René Tazé

Printer

The image shows a complex arrangement of curves and diagonal lines that form a stacked series of rooms. The structure includes spiral staircases connecting the rooms. There are bookshelves, tables, chairs, a bed, and other furnishings displayed in the rooms. Ornate-framed windows let in light, resembling botanical art frames. The image challenges orientation through its surreal depiction of familiar objects in impossible angles, reminiscent of an M.C. Escher creation.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, Ltd., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000

Bibliography

1981

  • Fitch, Andrew, ed. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1972-1981. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 1981, no. 58.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 22/90; lower center in graphite: l'Atelier de Louis Icart; lower right in graphite: Erik Desmazières 1980; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Desmazieres

Watermarks

BFK Rives / France [infinity symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77009851

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