Covered Alley in Atrani
1931
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wood engraving//illustration on cover of "De Graphicus M.C. Escher" by G.H.'s-Gravesande, "Halcyon 3-4", The Hague, 1940
Dimensions
image: 17.9 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.) page size: 32.2 x 24.9 cm (12 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Seymour and Iris Schwartz Collection
Accession Number
1981.80.1
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...