Stars

1948

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows an arrangement of tan geometric shapes against a black background. In the center of the print is a large collection of intersecting lines and polygons that form an intricate, hollow, multi-pointed star. Other small three-dimensional shapes like cubes and polyhedrons are present on the edges of the space. Some are hollow while some are solid. In the central structure, two chameleons are trapped within the pointed lines. The chameleons have their tails wrapped around the lines of the structure, and one of the chameleons has its tongue extended. They are the same tan color as the shapes, with their small scales and the spikes along their backs rendered in thin black outlines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.493

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 359

  • Copyright

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


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

Q65574626

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