Study for Regular Division of the Plane

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M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows pencil-drawn pentagons intersecting to create intricate star-like patterns on a plain background. The central cluster of pentagons resembles a tightly packed group radiating outward. To the left, a structured pattern resembling a snowflake or geometric puzzle piece is visible, with symmetry and alignment. Faint, overlapping strokes and small colored swatches in shades of brown and teal are scattered across the image.
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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, 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. 1245.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T109-x-1972; Not signed. Not dated.

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