Three Spheres II

1946

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows three large spheres on a flat surface. The left sphere reflects abstract patterns, the center sphere reflects a person sitting at a table in a room, and the right sphere is plain and matte. The color palette is mainly shades of gray.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.1 x 46.6 cm (10 1/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 38.2 x 57.7 cm (15 1/16 x 22 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.28.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 339

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • "M. C. Escher Prints", National Gallery of Art, Washinton, DC, 1974

1984

  • "M. C. Escher: Pattern & Paradox", Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1984

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1995

  • M.C. Escher: Landscape to Mindscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995-1996.

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

Q65574252

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