Provenance

M.C. Escher

Escher, Maurits Cornelis

Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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The image depicts a group of figures shown from the waist up in a vertically oriented composition. The central figure is leaning slightly towards another, with their heads close together. The central figure has facial features outlined with simple lines, including arched eyebrows and downcast eyes, and wears a headscarf colored in a muted blue-green. The hair style of the adjacent figure is curly and dark. Both figures are wrapped in draped garments. Other figures surround the central pair, varying in expression and detail. The background is plain brown textured.
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, Evil-speaking Little Women, 1927, etching with gray, blue and brown wash, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1983.109.133

Evil-speaking Little Women

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita · 1927 · etching with gray, blue and brown wash ·  Accession ID  1983.109.133

Bibliography

1981

  • Bool, F. H. M. C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work. Amsterdam, 1981.