Square Limit

1964

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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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

    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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