Hen with Egg

1917

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image depicts an abstract representation of a rooster with bold lines and angular shapes. The design includes a stylized, abstract rooster with flowing feathers, featuring a beak and comb. Below the rooster is a circular shape resembling an egg. Curving lines around the body and tail suggest movement and texture. The artwork is framed, and the artist's initials, "ME," are integrated into the lower corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linoleum cut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.6 x 11.8 cm (4 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.2 x 12.7 cm (6 x 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.109.90

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 10, State ii/ii

  • Volume Title

    Scrapbook 14: p.8

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • M.C. Escher: Landscape to Mindscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995-1996, no.2.

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 right in graphite below image: M.C.Escher.; lower left in plate: ME

Wikidata ID

Q74045528

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