Life Force

1919

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

M.C. Escher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linoleum cut

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 43.3 x 42 cm (17 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 61.5 x 51.6 cm (24 3/16 x 20 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 35

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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.

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.Escher. '19; lower right in plate: MCE; lower left in plate blocked out by the artist w/ black ink: LEVENKRACHT

Wikidata ID

Q74045028

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