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image of Contrast (Order and Chaos)
M.C. Escher
Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Contrast (Order and Chaos), 1950
lithograph
sheet: 36.9 x 37.4 cm (14 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Julius S. Piver
All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
1984.31.2
From the Tour: M.C. Escher — Life and Work
Object 21 of 24

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lower left in plate: II-'50 / MCE; in artist's hand, lower left below image in graphite: M.C.Escher No5/2gII; in later hand, lower right in graphite: ORDER & CHAOS

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