Hands
c. 1930
Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on handmade paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Michael Schiffman in honor of Rock J. Walker/Walker Fine Art
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Dimensions
sheet: 24.4 × 31.3 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
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Accession
2021.98.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; to the M. C. Escher Foundation, Baarn, The Netherlands, 1968–72; purchased by Michael Sachs, CT, c. 1980; purchased by Rock J. Walker, New York and San Francisco; purchased by Michael Louis Schiffman, Los Angeles, November 1993; gift to NGA, 2021
Associated Names
Bibliography
1980
M. C. Escher Archive: Drawings, 106 microfiche, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Interdocumentation Company, Zug, Switzerland, 1980: no. 604.
Inscriptions
lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T895-x-1971; Not signed. Not dated.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
Hand and illeg. cursive, upper left quadrant.