Ascending and Descending

1960

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows an architectural structure viewed from above. The structure is made of mostly arches and stairways, with an open space in the middle. Around the open area, two lines of people walk around a staircase that appears to lead back into itself, creating an illusion. The visible areas of roof are tiled. Two people are separate from the others; one stands on a balcony on an upper floor on the left, and one sits on the steps leading to the building on the right. Surrounding the structure is blank beige paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.93 × 29.21 cm (13 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 47.31 × 39.37 cm (18 5/8 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.90.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 435

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

Q74038794

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