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Birth annoucement card of Jan Escher

1938

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a drawing of a small boat sailing on the sea with fish and birds surrounding it. The drawing depicts a boat in the sea with a figure inside, fish heads in the water, birds flying above, and text reading "UCCLE-BRUXELLES-AVENUE DE SATURNE 31" and "1938" curving around the boat.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut
Credit Line

Seymour and Iris Schwartz Collection
Accession Number

1978.90.29
Catalogue Raisonné

Bool 1981, no. 304

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

Q65574604

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