Butterflies

1950

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

At the bottom of this print are several large butterflies facing different directions. The butterflies all have different detailed black-and-white designs and patterns, with differently shaped wings and bodies. These butterfly shapes continue up towards the middle of the print, gradually becoming smaller and more simplified, with less detailed patterns. In the upper half of the print, they become much closer together and even more simplified, until at the very top of the print there are white geometric shapes with black outlines that fit together like puzzle pieces. The background of the print is black, with a border of thin black lines radiating outward.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 31.75 cm (13 15/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
    image: 28.26 × 25.88 cm (11 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.28.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 369


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1981

  • Bool, 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.

Wikidata ID

Q65574294

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