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image of Day and Night
M.C. Escher (artist)
Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Day and Night, 1938
woodcut in black and gray, printed from two blocks
image: 39.2 x 67.6 cm (15 7/16 x 26 5/8 in.) sheet: 49.5 x 77.3 cm (19 1/2 x 30 7/16 in.)
Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
1974.28.8
From the Tour: M.C. Escher — Life and Work
Object 14 of 24
1981Bool, F.H. et al. M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1981; English-language edition, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982.
1987Schattschneider 1987, p.26.

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