Hand with Fir Cone
M.C. Escher
probably 1921
Medium
woodcut
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Print Purchase Fund (Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection)
Accession Number
1975.19.8
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
M.C. Escher · 1898–1972
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...