Vignette for "XIIme Congres Postal Universel"

1947

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

This is a drawing of a postage stamp. It features a design of a curved horn in the center. The stamp is black on a cream-colored textured background. There is a cancellation mark overlapping the stamp with text reading "POSTCARD" and "MAYJUN" in a circular pattern. The image is bordered with a perforated edge. The style of the drawing is minimalistic, focusing on precise line work and texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 5.5 x 7 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.76

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 349

  • Volume Title

    Scrapbook 10: 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 / handdruk; across center in plate: PARIS / 1947 / MAI-JUIN

Wikidata ID

Q74045447

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