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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Corsica, Calanche

1934

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows an elevated view over a rocky landscape with distant mountains in the background, water in the middle ground, and bushes and rocks in the foreground. The artwork features precise brushstrokes or etching creating shadows and highlights, with a monochromatic palette of sepia or grayscale tones.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Accession Number

1973.65.36
Catalogue Raisonné

Bool 1981, no. 245

Artwork history & notes

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

Q65574159

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