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Three Elements

1963-1964

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

M.C. Escher

Medium

pen and black ink and colored pencil on plastic ball
Credit Line

Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Dimensions

diameter: 11.43 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1974.28.82

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

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

Bibliography

1990

Schattschneider 1990, p.246.

1994

Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 82, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63854723

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