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Heaven and Hell

1962

Masatoshi

Artist, Japanese

Masatoshi after M.C. Escher

Medium

carved ivory sphere with black lacquer
Credit Line

Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Dimensions

diameter: 5.08 cm (2 in.)
Accession Number

1974.28.81

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

M.C. Escher: Landscape to Mindscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995-1996.

Bibliography

1987

Schattschneider 1987, p.29.

1994

Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 147, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63854731

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