Corte

1933

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Cordover

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.9 x 24 cm (12 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.98.1

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; to the M. C. Escher Foundation, Baarn, The Netherlands, 1968–72. Dr. Ronald H. Cordover, Franklin Lakes, NJ; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

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

1980

  • M. C. Escher Archive: Drawings, 106 microfiche, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Interdocumentation Company, Zug, Switzerland, 1980: no. 574

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: CORTE / 22-5-'33; lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T866-x-1971

Wikidata ID

Q64594514

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