Study for Regular Division of the Plane
n.d.
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.): 21.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/8 × 16 in.)
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Accession
2021.98.11
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. 1207.
Inscriptions
upper center in graphite: 4:6; at center in graphite: 27 / 9:12; lower right in graphite: 3:14 / 2:8=3:12; lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T145-x-1972; Not signed. Not dated.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.