Santa Severina, Calabria
1930
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View on museum website →Medium
black lithographic ink, scratched
Dimensions
overall: 44.2 x 57 cm (17 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Print Purchase Fund (Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection)
Accession Number
1975.95.2
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...