Whirlpools, Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1957 - 1959
color woodcut, h 517mm × w 325mm
More details
© erven Maurits Cornelis Escher
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Identification
Title(s)
Twee spiralen met vissen
Draaikolken (title on object)
Object type
Object number
RP-P-2010-221-276
Inscriptions / marks
- date
Description
Staande, rechthoekige compositie met vissen die in de vorm van een S met een spiraal aan beide uiteinden zijn georiënteerd.
Creation
Artist
- print maker: Maurits Cornelis Escher (signed by artist)
- printer: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Dating
Nov-1957 - Nov-1959
Material and Technique
Material
Technique
Measurements
height 517 mm × width 325 mm
Explanatory note
Over de vervaardiging van deze prent schrijft Escher op 2 november 1957: ''It is difficult to explain in words, but what it amounts to is that from each of the blocks (probably three) that I have to cut, I make only half of the surface that they have to fill together; the other half is produced by repeating the blocks after they have been turned a hundred and eighty degrees. I doubt whether 'the public' will ever understand, let alone appreciate, what fascinating mental gymnastics are required to compose this sort of print.''
Subject
What
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
- Transfer Instituut Collectie Nederland
Acquisition
transfer Dec-2008
Copyright
erven Maurits Cornelis Escher
Documentation
- M.C. Escher : his life and complete graphic work : with a fully illustrated catalogue, p. 89 & 316, cat.nr. 423
Persistent URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.494010
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