Circle Limit III, 1959

Not on View

Medium

woodcut in gold

Dimensions

image (diameter): 44.1 cm (17 3/8 in.)

sheet: 47 x 60 cm (18 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

1984.61.13

Artists / Makers

M.C. Escher (artist) Dutch, 1898 - 1972

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Inscription

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

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

Cordover, Ronald H., Dr.

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.