Bookplate G.H.'s-Gravesande

1940

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This drawing features an open book with text "EX LIBRIS G.H. 'S GRAVESANDE". Surrounding the book are a radiant burst design, a small bird on the left, an owl on the right, a quill and inkpot on the left, and a lyre on the right. The border contains text in a stylistic font forming a circular layout.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 6.1 x 6.1 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 7.1 x 7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 322

  • Volume Title

    Scrapbook 1: p.94

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

across center in plate: EX / LIBRIS / G.H. / 'S GRAVESANDE; o in plate: DIE LIEDE RADEN MI DAT ICT LATE / VAN DICHTEN COMTMI CLEINE BATE

Wikidata ID

Q74045170

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