Early
work 1916-1922
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Escher's
Father. 1916. linoleum cut in purple
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Self-Portrait.
1918. linoleum cut in light blue and dark
blue
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White
Cat. 1919. woodcut
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Self-Portrait.
1919. woodcut
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Self-Portrait
in a chair. 1920. woodcut
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Female
Nude in a Landscape 1920 woodcut; counterproof
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The
Fall of Men. 1920. woodcut; counterproof
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Paradise.
1920. woodcut. second state; counterproof
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Roosje
Ingen Housz. 1920 or 1921. lithograph
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Eight
Heads. 1922. woodcut Stamped Print
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Italian
period 1922 - 1935
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Self-Portrait.
1922. woodcut
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Portrait
of Jetta. 1925. woodcut
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Vitorchiano
nel Cimino. 1925. woodcut
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The
First Day of the Creation. 1925. woodcut
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The
Second Day of the Creation
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The
Third Day of the Creation
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The
Fourth Day of the Creation
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The
Fifth Day of the Creation
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The
Sixth Day of Creation. 1926. woodcut
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The
Fall of Man. 1927. woodcut
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Procession
in Crypt. 1927. woodcut
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Tower
of Babel. 1928. woodcut. 62 x 38.5 cm
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Castle
in the Air. 1928. woodcut
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Fara
San Martino. Abruzzi. 1928. woodcut printed
on 2 sheets
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Self-Portrait.
1929. lithograph
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Castrovalva(Abruzzi).
1930. lithograph. 53 x 42.1 cm
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Tropea.
Calabria. 1931. lithograph
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Atrani.
Coast of Amalfi. 1931. lithograph
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Ravello
and the Coast of Amalfi. 1931. lithograph
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Cloister
of Monreale Sicily. 1933. wood engraving
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Still
Life with Mirror. 1934. lithograph. 39.4
x 28.7 cm
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Nocturnal
Rome: Colonade of St Peter's. 1934. woodcut
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Still
Life with reflecting globe. 1934. lithograph.
28.5 x 32.5 cm
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Hand
with Reflecting Sphere. 1935. lithograph
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St
Peters Rome. 1935. Wood engraving
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Portrait
of the Engineer G. A. Escher(Father of the
Artist). 1935. lithograph.
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Hell(copy
after a scene by Hieronymous Bosch). 1935.
lithograph. 25.1 x 21.4 cm
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Switzerland
and Belgium 1935-1941
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Snow.
1936. lithograph
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Prickly
Flower. 1936. wood engraving. 3rd state
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Still
Life and Street.1937. woodcut
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Metamorphosis
I. 1937. woodcut printed on 2 sheets
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Metamorphosis
I (detail)
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Development
I. 1937. woodcut
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Day
and Night. 1938. woodcut in black and gray.
printed from two blocks. 39.1 x 67.7 cm
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Cycle.
1938. lithograph. 47.5 x 28 cm
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Sky
and water I. 1938. woodcut. 44 x 44 cm
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Sky
and water II. 1938. woodcut. 62.3 x 40.7
cm
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Development
II. 1939. first version. woodcut
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Development
II. 1939. woodcut in brown. grey-green and
black. printed from 3 blocks
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Metamorphosis
II. 1940. woodcut in black. green and brown.
printed from 20 blocks on 3 combined sheets
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Metamorphosis
II
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Bookplate
Dr. P.H.M. Travaglino. 1940. wood engraving
second state
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Back
in Holland 1941 - 1954
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Fish.
1941. woodcut in 3 tones of grey-green.
printed from 3 blocks
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Verbum.
1942. lithograph. 33 x 38.5 cm
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Reptiles.
1943. lithograph. 33.4 x 38.5 cm. National
Gallery of Art(Washington D.C.)
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Blowball.
1943. wood engraving intaglio-printed
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Blowball.
1943. wood engraving
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Self-Portrait.
1943. lithographic Crayon
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Encounter.
1944. lithograph. 34 x 46.5 cm
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Balcony.
1945. lithograph
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Doric
Columns. 1945. Wood-engraving printed from
three blocks. 32 x 24 cm
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Diploma
Tijdelijke Academie. 1945. woodcut. fourth
state. 34.2 x 24 cm
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Three
Spheres II. 1946. lithograph
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Horseman.
1946. woodcut in red. black and grey. printed
from 3 blocks
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Eye.
1946. Mezzotint. 31.9 x 31.7 cm
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Magic
mirror. 1946. lithograph. 28 x 44.5 cm
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Other
world II(Another World). 1947. Wood-engraving
printed from three blocks. 31.5 x 26 cm
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Up
and Down. 1947. lithograph. 50.3 x 20.5
cm
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Drawing
Hands. 1948. lithograph. 28.2 x 33.2 cm
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Dewdrop.
1948. Mezzotint. 18 x 24.5 cm
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Sun
and Moon. 1948. woodcut printed from four
blocks. 25.1 x 27 cm
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Stars.
1948. wood engraving
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Rippled-Surface.
1950. linocut in black and grey-brown on
japan paper. 33.6 x 40.1 cm
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Curl-up.
1951. lithograph
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House
of Stairs. 1951. lithograph. 47 x 24 cm
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Puddle.
1952. woodcut(in three colors) printed from
three blocks. 24 x 31.9 cm
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Relativity.
1953. lithograph. 28.2 x 29.4 cm. National
Gallery of Art (Washington. DC)
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Spirals
1953 wood engraving in black and grey. printed
from 2 blocks
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Recognition
and Success 1955 - 1972
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Covex
and concave. 1955. lithograph. 28 x 33.5
cm
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Liberation.
1955. lithograph
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Rind.
lithograph. 1955
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Depth.
1955. Wood-engraving printed from three
blocks. 32 x 23 cm
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Three
Worlds. 1955. lithograph. 36.2 x 24.7 cm
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Swans.
1956. Wood-engraving. 20 x 32 cm
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Bond
of Union. 1956. lithograph. 25.3 x 33.9
cm
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Print
Gallery. 1956. lithograph. 31.9 x 31.7 cm
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Division.
1956. woodcut. second state
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Smaller
and Smaller. 1956. wood engraving and woodcut
in black and brown. printed from 4 blocks
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Whirlpools.
1957. wood engraving and woodcut. second
state. in red. grey and black. printed from
2 blocks
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Belvedere.
1958. lithograph. 46.2 x 29.5 cm
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Sphere
Spirals. 1958. woodcut in grey. black. yellow
and pink. printed from 4 blocks
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Circle
Limit II. 1959. woodcut in red and black.
printed from 2 blocks
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Circle
Limit III. five woodblock print. 1959
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Ascending
and Descending. 1960. lithograph. 35.5 x
28.5 cm
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Circle
Limit IV(Heaven and Hell). 1960. woodcut
printed from two block
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Moebius
Strip I. 1961. wood engraving and woodcut
in red. green. gold and black. printed from
4 blocks
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Waterfall.
lithograph. 1961. 38 x 30 cm
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Moebius
Strip II(Red Ants). 1963. woodcut printed
from three blocks. 45.3 x 20.5 cm
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Metamorphosis
III. 1967-1968
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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Metamorphosis
III
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