New Year's greeting-card 1947, Nederlandsche ExLibris-Kring

1946

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a drawing of a perspective view from within a tunnel looking up. The scene shows the view from inside a cylindrical tunnel as if the viewer is climbing a ladder towards the surface. The tunnel walls feature linear patterns, suggesting depth and curvature. At the top of the tunnel, there is a glimpse of the outside world with buildings, trees, and birds in the sky, creating a sense of ascent and freedom. The focus of the image is on the hands gripping the rungs of the ladder. The style is highly detailed with cross-hatching for shadow and texture, and the text above and below the illustration suggests a theme of emergence or liberation.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on light tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.8 x 10.1 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.)
    sheet: 16.5 x 13.8 cm (6 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.73

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 345


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 center in plate: MCE

Wikidata ID

Q74045440

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