Metamorphosis I

1937

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, printed on two sheets

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 x 90.8 cm (7 5/8 x 35 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.3 x 100.6 cm (11 9/16 x 39 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1974.28.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 298

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • "MC Escher Prints", National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 25 - December 30, 1974.

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.

1990

  • Schattschneider 1990, p.19.

Inscriptions

lower right, in block: V-'37 MCE; lower left, in pencil: MC Escher To Mr. C.V.S. Roosevelt, with kind regards, this almost 30 years old copy. Baam. March 20, 1907.

Wikidata ID

Q65574205

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