Le Potager de Besanceuil (The Vegetable Garden in Besanceuil)

1988

Erik Desmazières

Associated Names
Erik Desmazières

Artist, French, born 1948

Monsieur Arsene Bonafous-Murat

Publisher, French, 1935 - 2011

The image is a depiction of a rural landscape with a circular tower-like building towards the center-right. A path lined with shrubs and garden plants leads through cultivated rows. The horizon is partly obscured by trees and structures, with additional trees and part of another building in the distance. The artwork features fine brushstrokes creating texture, with a monochromatic color palette of black, white, and grey. Detailed textures of trees and buildings add depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.75 × 49.53 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.32 × 55.56 cm (15 7/8 × 21 7/8 in.) irregular

  • Accession Number

    2018.182.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fitch 1981-2011, no. 117

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Faya Causey, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • Fitch, Andrew, ed. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1982-1991. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 1991, no. 117.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 48/90; lower center in graphite: le Potager de Besanceuil; lower right in graphite: Erik Desmazières 1988; lower right verso in graphite: 930424

Markings

blindstamp lower right: ABM / Paris [within a rectangle] (Lugt 3076)

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