Circle Limit III

1959

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in gold

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image (diameter): 44.1 cm (17 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 47 x 60 cm (18 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.61.13

  • 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

Exhibition History

1997

  • M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Diego Museum of Art; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 1997-1999.

2000

  • "M.C. Escher", Knoxville Museum of Art, 2000.

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

upper right in graphite: 2; lower right in graphite: 1; lower right verso in graphite: P301D-x-'69

Wikidata ID

Q74065828

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