Érik Desmazières (b. 1948) The Central Print Shop. 2013. A large album in-fol. [465x765], containing the complete suite of the frontispiece and 6 pl. etching, aquatint and roulette. Each [445x740]. Very fine, fresh proofs on white vellum, annotated, titled, signed and dated in pencil. Suite no. 8, from an edition of 75. Brown cloth portfolio with illustrated engraved title pasted on the upper cover.

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