Rind

1955

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows a swirling ribbon against a background of stylized white and gray clouds on a gray sky. The ribbon itself is mostly red with fine black lines, and it curves around in horizontal loops with gaps between them. On the left, the different pieces of ribbon seem to form the segmented profile of a woman with thin lips, an arched eyebrow, and a wide eye. Where her nose would be is a blank space between two curves of the ribbon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving and woodcut in black, brown, red and gray-brown, printed from four blocks

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.34 × 30.8 cm (17 1/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
    image: 34.45 × 23.5 cm (13 9/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.28.57

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 401

  • Copyright

    All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Artwork history & notes

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

Q65574340

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