Atelier René Tazé IV
Erik Desmazières, Atelier René Tazé IV, 1992, etching, aquatint, and roulette on Tiepolo Fabriano paper, Museum Purchase: Hank and Judy Hummelt Fund, © Erik Desmazières, 1995.18.1
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- Title
Atelier René Tazé IV
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
1992
- Medium
etching, aquatint, and roulette on Tiepolo Fabriano paper
- Edition
16/75
- Catalogue Raisonné
Fitch 136
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 25 13/16 in x 19 7/8 in; sheet: 30 in x 22 1/4 in
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Hank and Judy Hummelt Fund
- Accession Number
1995.18.1
- Copyright
© Erik Desmazières
- Terms
Infused with a hushed sense of atmosphere that teeters between the uncanny and the fantastic, Desmazières's carefully observed depiction of the studio of master printer René Tazé, with its massive and powerful press dominating the foreground, suggests reverence as well as foreboding. The flowing curve of the press wheel forms a porthole through which the structured geometry and right angles of the studio can be seen, and suggests, in the words of Maxine Préaud, chief curator of the department of prints at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, "a metaphor for the universe in permanent rotation."
Essentially self-taught, Desmazières is inspired by the work of his graphic predecessors, such as the lively etchings of Jacques Callot, the architectural fantasies of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and the picture-puzzles of M. C. Escher.
- Exhibitions
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum