a) Nude Woman [recto]; b) Nude [verso]
1920
Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) black pencil on wove paper; b) black pencil on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Michael Schiffman in honor of Rock J. Walker/Walker Fine Art
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Dimensions
sheet: 49.9 × 65.1 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2021.98.1.a-b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; to the M. C. Escher Foundation, Baarn, The Netherlands, 1968–72; purchased by Michael Sachs, CT, c. 1980; purchased by Rock J. Walker, New York and San Francisco; purchased by Michael Louis Schiffman, Los Angeles, October 2008; gift to NGA, 2021
Associated Names
Bibliography
1980
M. C. Escher Archive: Drawings, 106 microfiche, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Interdocumentation Company, Zug, Switzerland, 1980: no. 1723.
Inscriptions
a) lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T 207-x-1972;
b) lower left in graphite: MCE [monogram]. Not dated.
Markings
blindstamp: [shield with a horse] GEDEPONEERD