Mobius Strip I

1961

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This print shows the intertwined strands of a knotted material, forming a closed loop. The material that creates that knot is pink on one side and gray-blue on the other side, and it is comprised of some thick sections and some thin sections. Elongated oval shapes resembling eyelets are present within some sections. The background of the print is plain paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving and woodcut in red, green, gold an d black, printed from four blocks

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 26.04 cm (9 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 × 31.12 cm (12 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.90.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 437

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

Q74038801

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