Gérard TITUS-CARMEL - Apparatus 1, 1977 - Signed etching and aquatint on Arches paper

Etching : Process realized on a metal plate using a chemical (acid) process. The artist using etching is called an aquafortist.
Gérard Titus-Carmel : Born in 1942 in Paris, Gérard Titus-Carmel, is a painter, draughtsman, engraver, poet and french essayist. He has illustrated and published many works. He lives and work in Oulchy-le-Château (Aisne, France). Trained at the École Boulle between 1958 and 1962, Titus-Carmel had his first solo exhibition in 1964. Since he participated to more than 450 group exhibitions. Near 200 solo exhibitions have been dedicated to him worldwide, his work is exhibited in a hundred of museums and public collections (Paris, Osaka, Alexandria, New York, Sidney, Venice, Moscow, Sevilla, Tōkyō, Vienna, Prague…). He created monumental works for the Ministry of Finance in Paris, the DRAC Champagne-Ardenne in Châlons-en-Champagne and the palais des congrès (congress centre) in Nantes (France).