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image of Snakes M.C. Escher (artist)
Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Snakes, 1969
woodcut in orange, green, and black, printed from three blocks
image: 49.8 x 44.1 cm (19 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.) sheet: 55.3 x 47.1 cm (21 3/4 x 18 9/16 in.)
Bool 1981, no. 448
Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
1982.90.21
Not on View
From the Tour: M.C. Escher — Life and Work
Object 24 of 24

Exhibition History

1984
"M. C. Escher: Pattern & Paradox", Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1984
1997
M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Diego Museum of Art; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 1997-1999.
2000
"M.C. Escher", Knoxville Museum of Art, 2000.

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