Contrast (Order and Chaos)

1950

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows a large geometric, transparent sphere with multiple facets in a grayscale color palette. Around the sphere are various objects such as a tin can, eggshell, pipe, bottle cap, torn paper, and broken glass. The sphere is centrally placed, with the other objects distributed around it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.7 x 28.1 cm (10 7/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 x 37 cm (15 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.749

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 366

  • Copyright

    All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

  • M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Diego Museum of Art; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 1997-1999.

2000

  • "M.C. Escher", Knoxville Museum of Art, 2000.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65511131

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