Circle Limit III
1959
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pen with black and red ink over graphite on tan tracing paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 42.5 cm (11 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Print Purchase Fund (Seymour and Iris Schwartz Collection)
Accession Number
1984.61.4
About the Artist
M.C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch graphic artist renowned for his mathematically-inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints featuring impossible constructions, tessellations, and explorations of infinity. Though he considered himself lacking in mathematical ability, Escher's work demonstrates profound intuitive understanding of geometry, symmetry, and spatial paradox. A transform...