Circle Limit III

1959

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

M.C. Escher

Attributed to

Printed with black lines on cream-white paper, a quarter circle is filled with a pattern of interlocking fish with their mouths touching. The fish create three-pointed stars where their mouths meet, and the fins fit together in this dense design. The fish have teardrop-shaped pupils in teardrop-shaped eyes. The animals are largest near the center and get smaller and then infinitesimal around the edge.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32 x 31 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.61.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bool 1981, no. 434, State (partial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; to the M. C. Escher Foundation, Baarn, The Netherlands, 1968–72. Dr. Ronald H. Cordover, Franklin Lakes, NJ; purchased by exchange, NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

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 verso in graphite: P304-x-69; upper left verso in graphite: 97-65

Wikidata ID

Q74065811

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