A Collaboration with Contemporary Artists for Original Prints

A shot in the Chalcographie du Louvre workshop. Hervé Di Rosa is signing the Renée of the Islands prints. We can see in the frame Lucile, our intaglio printer who worked with him on this print. The wall displays prints by: Cyprien Gaillard, Jenny Holzer, François Morellet, Louise Bourgeois.

Hervé Di Rosa signs the prints of Renée of the Islands (KM900003)

Commissions from the greatest artists

Contemporary art prints at affordable prices

Above: Hervé Di Rosa signs the prints of Renée of the Islands (KM900003)

For over twenty years, the Chalcographie du Louvre has been working with a host of contemporary artists to expand a collection of modern art masters, from Raoul Dufy, Léonard Foujita and Jacques Villon to Chas Laborde, Eugène Véder and Cecile Reims.

Today, Georg Baselitz, JR, Miquel Barceló, Yan Pei-Ming and Louise Bourgeois, among others, have all received commissions from the Musée du Louvre. Some of them, such as Hervé Di Rosa and Eva Jospin come to the workshop to engrave. They are supported by the workshop’s craftspeople who are experts in the techniques of etching and aquatint.

The prints that result from these collaborations will go on to be printed as many times as the matrix allows, with no limitations on reproduction or signature. This principle, which runs contrary to the practices of the contemporary art market, perpetuates the tradition of dissemination unique to the Chalcographie du Louvre. It allows prints created by internationally renowned artists to be sold at affordable prices.

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