Earth, New Year's greeting-card 1953

1952

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows an intricate pattern of repeating shapes and lines forming an abstract design. The central arrangement resembles interlocking creature-like forms that alternate between deep green and orange hues. Each shape features an oval body and smaller, detailed components that mimic legs and facial features, arranged symmetrically. Surrounding the composition is text that reads "EUGÈNE & WILLY STRENS" at the top and "FELICITAS 1953" at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black and orange, printed from two blocks, on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.2 x 15 cm (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 382

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 plate: MCE; across top in plate letterpress: EUGENE & WILLY STRENS; across bottom in plate letterpress: FELICITAS 1953

Wikidata ID

Q74045187

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