Encounter

1944

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows a series of interlocking human-like figures in a circular pattern. The arrangement alternates between dark and light sections creating depth and movement. The figures have elongated limbs and exaggerated postures, appearing like puppets frozen in poses.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.29 × 46.99 cm (13 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 45.72 × 58.1 cm (18 × 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.28.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 331

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Worlds of M.C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 2015.

Bibliography

1978

  • Schattschneider, Doris and Wallace Walker.M.C. Escher Kaleidocycles. Norfolk, 1978: 11, fig. 14.

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.

1987

  • Schattschneider 1987, p.26.

Inscriptions

lower rgiht, on stone: V-'44 / MCE; lower left, in pencil: MCEscher No. 7/30 III

Wikidata ID

Q65574235

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