Puddle

1952

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows a view reflected in a puddle on muddy ground. The brown ground is covered in tire tracks and shows prints that are interrupted by the puddle. The view reflected in the puddle is from under tall trees looking up towards the pale gray sky. The perspective is vertical, focusing on the dark branches and leaves of the trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black, olive and brown, printed from three blocks

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.3 x 37 cm (11 9/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.751

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 378

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • "The Graphic Work of M. C. Escher", Craig Gallery, Princeton Univ., 1971.

1972

  • "Prints by M. C. Escher", National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1972.

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

Q65511133

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