Bookplate A.R.A. Wertheim

1954

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a drawing of a heraldic emblem. The emblem is divided into two halves within a diamond shape, featuring scales on the left and a tower on the right, surrounded by a pattern of cross shapes and the names "A.R.A. WERTHEIM" and the phrase "SEMPER IDEM" at the top and bottom respectively.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on light tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.2 x 5.8 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.3 x 8.3 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 394

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 left in graphite below image: M.C.Escher (underlined); across top in plate: A.R.A.WERTHEIM; across bottom in plate: SEMPER IDEM

Wikidata ID

Q74045145

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