Doric Columns

1945

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius S. Roosevelt Collection, by exchange

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.07 × 24.13 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 36.51 × 28.58 cm (14 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.156.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 335

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael S. Sachs, Westport, CT; gift (by exchange) to NGA, 2016.

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: 335.

Inscriptions

upper left in block: MCE / VIII 45; lower left in graphite: M.C. Escher

Wikidata ID

Q77113058

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