Art Object Page

Admission is always free Directions

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Home » Collection » Tetrahedral Planetoid

M.C. Escher: Dutch, 1898 - 1972

Tetrahedral Planetoid
1954: woodcut in yellow-brown and black, printed from two blocks; image: 42.9 x 43.1 cm (16 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 50.3 x 49.2 cm (19 13/16 x 19 3/8 in.); Bool 1981, no. 395; Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection; 1974.28.53; Not on View; All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

zoom
share

Exhibition History

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

Related Content