Santa Severina, Calabria

1930

M.C. Escher

Associated Names
M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image shows an elevated and slightly angled view of a hilltop town on a steep cliff. The horizon line is high, barely visible behind the town and mountains in the distance. The drawing is detailed, with precise pencil strokes creating textures and forms in the town's buildings and landscape. It is monochromatic, with shades of grey and black on a muted blue-grey paper. The drawing includes a winding path up the hill, leading to a cluster of buildings and a tower. Terraced fields and sparse trees surround the base and sides of the hill.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on blue-green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Martin N. Rosen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.5 x 31.6 cm (9 5/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.96.1

  • Copyright

    All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

  • M. C. Escher Archive: Drawings, 106 microfiche, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Interdocumentation Company, Zug, Switzerland, 1980: no. 566.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: Sta SEVERINA / 19-5-30; lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T858 x-1971

Watermarks

INGRES

Wikidata ID

Q64594509

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