# Erik Desmazières artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/erik-desmazieres/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:59:36.870Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1948-11-21
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Printmaking, Engraving, Etching

## Portrait

![Erik Desmazières](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Erik_Desmazi%C3%A8res_%C3%A0_son_domicile.jpg)
Saâd A. Tazi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_Desmazi%C3%A8res_%C3%A0_son_domicile.jpg

## About Erik Desmazières

Erik Desmazières (born 21 November 1948) is a French engraver and printmaker. The collected authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty consistently resolve the same artist, while the French-language biographical source places his birth in Rabat, Morocco, and describes him as based in Paris. His public identity is most firmly connected with engraving, etching, and printmaking; the available source pack does not support assigning him to a named movement or school. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Desmazières through prints, engravings, and etchings, as well as publications and institutional records indexed under both Erik and Érik Desmazières. Appraisily’s artist-page signal indicates recurring auction coverage, making careful identity matching important when comparing records. Because the supplied institutional excerpts are brief, this profile emphasizes well-supported identity and medium information and avoids unsupported claims about stylistic phases, major series, subjects, or market direction.

## Common works and media

The supported public descriptions identify Desmazières principally as an engraver, etcher, and printmaker. Auction and appraisal searches should therefore expect prints, engravings, etchings, and related works catalogued under either Erik or Érik Desmazières. The collected sources do not establish particular subjects, named series, edition practices, or other media strongly enough to present them as common categories.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, first confirm that a lot is attributed to the same Erik or Érik Desmazières represented by the linked authority records and note the catalogued printmaking technique. Appraisily’s artist-page signal indicates a body of auction records that may support comparisons by work type, sale date, realized price, and neighboring lots when complete records are available. The current source pack does not include lot-level results or fetched commentary from a major auction house, so it does not support a price range, trend claim, or ranking of subjects and series. Any valuation should therefore rely on the specific object’s documented characteristics and closely comparable public sales rather than the aggregate record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. This profile distinguishes verified identity information from market details that still require lot-level evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3591445
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/19734512/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500199931
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rik_Desmazi%C3%A8res
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rik_Desmazi%C3%A8res
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/erik-desmazieres/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_Desmazi%C3%A8res_%C3%A0_son_domicile.jpg