Invitation

1931

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

Drawing of an exhibition poster for M.C. Escher's work. It features a stylized mythical creature resembling a lion with a man's face above a block of text. The text advertises an exhibition of woodcuts, lithographs, and drawings by M.C. Escher at Kunstzaal Martinus Liernur in The Hague in October 1931. The layout is geometric and symmetrical with strong black ink linework on a light background, in the style of early 20th century graphic design posters.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on off-white wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12 x 9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 18 x 12.4 cm (7 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.69

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 149

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 plate: KUNSTZAAL ... / ... TEL.114581; across center in plate: TENTOONSTELLING ... / ... M.C.ESCHER; across bottom in plate: GEOPEND ... / ... VAN 10 TOT UUR

Wikidata ID

Q74045402

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