Cube Drawing with Dragonfly
1938
Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and colored pencil on ternary graph 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 (irreg.): 29.9 × 24.6 cm (11 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2021.98.10
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, October 2008; 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. 1219.
Inscriptions
upper left in graphite: 7 1/3 / 9 1/3; lower left verso in graphite: 2.15 / 21.25; 425 / 85 / 1275; 8.5; lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T149-x-1972; Not signed. Not dated.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.