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Rossano, Calabria

1931

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image depicts a landscape with mountains viewed from an elevated angle. The horizon is high, creating a vanishing point where the mountains meet the sky. The artwork features meticulous lines suggesting light, shadow, and terrain. The color scheme is monochromatic with black for the landscape and lighter tones for the lines. Vegetation and structures are in the foreground, with detailed lines leading to the distant mountains.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut
Credit Line

Seymour and Iris Schwartz Collection
Accession Number

1978.90.7
Catalogue Raisonné

Bool 1981, no. 146

Artwork history & notes

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

Q65574488

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