Saint Francis

1922

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a print of a robed man surrounded by various birds. The man is on the left, depicted in profile, wearing a long white robe. He has white skin, a mostly bald head with a thin strip of hair around the back, a dark, pointed beard, deep-set eyes, and a wrinkled face. He is barefoot and has dark holes in his hands and feet, and there is a halo of light around his head. A small black bird is perched on his shoulder, with another bird on one of his raised hands. More birds fill the branches of a dark tree on the right. Each bird has unique, detailed feather patterns. Some are large and some are smaller, and a few seem to have halos around their heads as well, including a large stork that stands in front of the man. The ground is dark grass with a few light flowers, and the background shows a flat landscape below a pale sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.492

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 89 (counter-proof)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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

Q65574616

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