Emblema VIII, Sundial

1931

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a drawing of a sundial on top of a classical column. The artwork features a sundial set atop an ornately carved column composed of vertical lines. The ground surrounding the column is a checkered pattern of intersecting lines. Delicate flowers with simple petal shapes and leaves border two sides of the pavement. The use of hatching and cross-hatching techniques generates contrasts and shadows, imbuing the drawing with a three-dimensional quality. At the top and bottom, there are inscriptions in capital letters created with an angular and structured typeface. The entire composition conveys a sense of precision and attention to geometric designs.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 x 13.8 cm (7 x 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 169

  • Series Title

    XXIV Emblemata

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MCE; aTp & across bottom in plate: (5 line text in the print, verse by A.E. Drijfhout); lower left in graphite: 170/200; lower center verso printed: Uir de serie "EMBLEMATA" van M

Wikidata ID

Q74045082

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