Sphere Spirals

1958

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut from four blocks

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charlotte Loeb

  • Dimensions

    block: 32 x 32 cm (12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.5 x 39.5 cm (15 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.132.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 428

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arthur and Lotje Loeb, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: MC Escher--voor Arthur en Lot Loeb met haartlijke toegenegen heid en dank voor dire onvergetelijke dagen / Cambridge, Mass, 30/X/1960; lower right in graphite: eigen druck

Wikidata ID

Q76348019

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