Railroad
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
brush and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 43.5 cm (13 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Barry and Gigi Fitzmorris
Accession Number
2004.159.12
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...