Waterfall

1961

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows a complex structure with geometric shapes and lines forming an elevated waterway. At the top of the print, two polyhedral shapes rest on slender arched columns. Flowing below the arches is an aqueduct that twists back onto itself impossibly; the water appears to be flowing upward through several zigzagging corners, until it cascades downward in a waterfall. At the bottom of the waterfall is a large water wheel connected to the side of a small building which continues the cycle of the water. In the bottom right corner are interconnected terraces and staircases resembling a multi-level house, surrounded by stylized vegetation resembling coral structures. In the background, tiered walls can be seen faintly, covered with garden plots and vegetation.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 x 29.9 cm (15 x 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 49.7 x 40.9 cm (19 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.90.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 439

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • "M. C. Escher: Pattern & Paradox", Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1984.

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

Q74038808

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