Square Limit

1964

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print displays a complex arrangement of shapes and lines in blue, white, and beige. The design features repeated elements resembling fish or aircraft propellers. The motifs are bordered by smaller versions of the central pattern, and they all fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut from two blocks in blue and gray

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charlotte Loeb

  • Dimensions

    block: 33.7 x 34 cm (13 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.9 x 43.5 cm (16 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.132.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 443

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arthur and Lotje Loeb, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

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 graphite: M.C. Escher [underlined] voor Arthur en Lotje, zo maar, uit vriendschap. 29-XI-'64; lower right in graphite: eigen druk.

Wikidata ID

Q76348032

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