Escher's Father, G.A. Escher

1916

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linoleum cut in purple on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image (excluding signature tab) lR): 22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.109.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 1

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

  • M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Diego Museum of Art; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 1997-1999.

2000

  • "M.C. Escher", Knoxville Museum of Art, 2000.

2015

  • The Worlds of M.C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 2015.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: M.C.E.

Wikidata ID

Q74044999

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