Eye

1946

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This black-and-white print depicts a detailed close-up view of an open eye. The eye takes up almost the entire print, with the upper and lower lids and eyelashes clearly visible, and small hairs above the eye suggesting the bottom of an eyebrow at the top of the print. The inner corner of the eye is on the right, and the left side of the eye reflects a square of light. In the center of the eye, the dark pupil reflects the faint image of a skull.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.2 x 20.1 cm (6 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 30.8 cm (10 x 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.742

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 344, State vii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 59.

1971

  • "The Graphic Works of M. C. Escher", Craig Gallery, Princeton University, 1971.

1972

  • "Prints by M. C. Escher", National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1972.

1995

  • M.C. Escher: Landscape to Mindscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995-1996, no. 20.

1997

  • M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Diego Museum of Art; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 1997-1999.

2000

  • "M.C. Escher", Knoxville Museum of Art, 2000.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65511126

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