New Year's greeting-card 1949, L. and K. Asselbergs

1948

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows a series of curved lines and shapes creating an abstract representation of ships and fish. The forms transition from sailing ships to fish, with birds above and jellyfish below. The artwork combines maritime and aquatic elements in an abstract illustration.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.2 x 13.9 cm (6 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 x 15.7 cm (7 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 360

  • Volume Title

    Scrapbook 2: p.58

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

across bottom in graphite below image: M.C.Escher (underlined) / eigen druk; across top in plate: 1949-L. EN K. ASSELBERGS;lower center in plate: MCE

Wikidata ID

Q74045176

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