Hands

c. 1930

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The artwork is a pencil drawing on paper featuring two hands. One hand is positioned palm up, with the fingers slightly splayed, showing a ring on the ring finger. The other hand is placed below it, with the fingers extended outward. Both hands are depicted in a realistic style, with attention to the contours and lines of the fingers and knuckles. The drawing includes the forearms, which are covered by sleeves. The background is plain. The paper has a slightly textured appearance.
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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, November 1993; 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. 604.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T895-x-1971; Not signed. Not dated.

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