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Female Nude in a Landscape

1920

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows a stylized landscape with angular mountains in the distance under a bright sun. Intricate geometric trees and foliage fill the foreground. The artwork features a variety of line styles to convey texture and depth. In the middle ground, undulating hills with a nude figure in a seated pose. The color palette is black and white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut
Credit Line

Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Dimensions

image: 18 x 27 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1983.109.8
Catalogue Raisonné

Bool 1981, no. 46

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MCEscher '20

Wikidata ID

Q74045073

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