Design for a Postage Stamp: "Voor het Nationaal Luchtvaartfonds" (For the National Aviation Foundation)
1935
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View on museum website →Medium
pen and black ink, and white gouache, with scratching-out on plastic
Dimensions
overall: 20.5 x 15.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection
Accession Number
1983.109.136
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...