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Circle Limit IV

1960

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows a large circle filled with repeating, interlocking shapes. The design shows the forms of bats and angels with outstretched wings in different orientations. The figures fit together like a puzzle, with no space between them. The pattern radiates from the center, where the creatures are largest, and they decrease in size towards the edges of the circle.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut in black on Japan paper
Credit Line

Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Dimensions

image: 41.91 cm (16 1/2 in.) diameter
sheet: 47.94 × 48.1 cm (18 7/8 × 18 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1982.90.9
Catalogue Raisonné

Bool 1981, no. 436, State (partial proof)

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

Q74038795

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