New Year's greeting-card PTT

1956

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image depicts a circular pattern made of interlocking shapes and lines, forming an abstract kaleidoscope. The design features bat-like figures arranged in repetitive layers around a central point. The figures create the illusion of wings, evoking the appearance of overlapping leaves or folded paper. The black and white contrasts emphasize the fluidity and motion within the pattern, resulting in a dynamic visual experience reminiscent of a flock of birds in flight or leaves caught in a whirlpool.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on light tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (hexagon): 13.6 x 15.2 cm (5 3/8 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 15.3 x 20.4 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 412

  • Volume Title

    Scrapbook 2: p.51

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 top in graphite above upside-down image: M.C.Escher (underlined) / eigen druk; lower left in plate: MCE

Wikidata ID

Q74045184

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