Depth
1955
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wood engraving and woodcut in brown-red, olive an d black, printed from three blocks
Dimensions
image: 32.07 × 23.18 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 42.55 × 30.8 cm (16 3/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.738
Art Historical Context
**Depth** (1955) is a captivating wood engraving and woodcut Dutch artist M.C. Escher, printed from three blocks in rich brown-red, olive, black inks. Measuring 32.07 × 23.18 cm, this print exemplifies Escher's mastery of intricate printmaking techniques, where the wood medium allowed for razor-sharp lines and subtle tonal gradations that bring impossible spaces to life. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, it invites viewers into Escher's signature world of optical illusions and paradoxical perspectives. Escher, renowned for blending mathematics and art in the mid-20...
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...