Trees and Animals

1953

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

M.C. Escher

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving with hand-written letter to Arthur and Lotje Loeb from M.C. Escher

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charlotte Loeb

  • Dimensions

    block: 4.5 x 10 cm (1 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.2 x 11 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.132.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 391

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

upper right in ball point ink: Baard. 25-XII-'63; Beste Arthur en Lotje, / Veel dank voor jullie [not deciphered], na een veek lang [not deciphered]... voor zover ik mij herinneren kan, krieg ik geen brief van / Mr. O'Beirne(?) uit Glasgow / Hertelijke gegroot van ons beiden / jullie Mark

Wikidata ID

Q76348026

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