Knots

1965

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows three swirling shapes, one large one in the center and two near the upper corners. They look like knots, and are each made of one continuous line that wraps around itself in a shape with three loops. The ones at the top are smooth, while the large one in the center has gear-like edges. There appear to be some handwritten words below the largest shape. The background is beige paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut in three blocks

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charlotte Loeb

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.9 x 42.1 cm (21 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.132.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 444

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

lower left in graphite: MCEscher; lower center in graphite: voor ARthur en Lotje / van Mark (nog steeds mid knoop) 25 - IX - 65; lower right in graphite: eigendruck

Wikidata ID

Q76348030

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