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M.C. ¿¡¼Å(Maurits Cornelis Esher)

 

 

 

Early work 1916-1922

 

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Escher's Father. 1916. linoleum cut in purple

 

Self-Portrait. 1918. linoleum cut in light blue and dark blue

 

White Cat. 1919. woodcut

 

Self-Portrait. 1919. woodcut

 

Self-Portrait in a chair. 1920. woodcut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Female Nude in a Landscape 1920 woodcut; counterproof

 

The Fall of Men. 1920. woodcut; counterproof

 

Paradise. 1920. woodcut. second state; counterproof

 

Roosje Ingen Housz. 1920 or 1921. lithograph

 

Eight Heads. 1922. woodcut Stamped Print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian period 1922 - 1935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Self-Portrait. 1922. woodcut

 

Portrait of Jetta. 1925. woodcut

 

Vitorchiano nel Cimino. 1925. woodcut

 

The First Day of the Creation. 1925. woodcut

 

The Second Day of the Creation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Third Day of the Creation

 

The Fourth Day of the Creation

 

The Fifth Day of the Creation

 

The Sixth Day of Creation. 1926. woodcut

 

The Fall of Man. 1927. woodcut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Procession in Crypt. 1927. woodcut

 

Tower of Babel. 1928. woodcut. 62 x 38.5 cm

 

Castle in the Air. 1928. woodcut

 

Fara San Martino. Abruzzi. 1928. woodcut printed on 2 sheets

 

Self-Portrait. 1929. lithograph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Castrovalva(Abruzzi). 1930. lithograph. 53 x 42.1 cm

 

Tropea. Calabria. 1931. lithograph

 

Atrani. Coast of Amalfi. 1931. lithograph

 

Ravello and the Coast of Amalfi. 1931. lithograph

 

Cloister of Monreale Sicily. 1933. wood engraving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Still Life with Mirror. 1934. lithograph. 39.4 x 28.7 cm

 

Nocturnal Rome: Colonade of St Peter's. 1934. woodcut

 

Still Life with reflecting globe. 1934. lithograph. 28.5 x 32.5 cm

 

Hand with Reflecting Sphere. 1935. lithograph

 

St Peters Rome. 1935. Wood engraving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portrait of the Engineer G. A. Escher(Father of the Artist). 1935. lithograph.

 

Hell(copy after a scene by Hieronymous Bosch). 1935. lithograph. 25.1 x 21.4 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switzerland and Belgium 1935-1941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Snow. 1936. lithograph

 

Prickly Flower. 1936. wood engraving. 3rd state

 

Still Life and Street.1937. woodcut

 

Metamorphosis I. 1937. woodcut printed on 2 sheets

 

Metamorphosis I (detail)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Development I. 1937. woodcut

 

Day and Night. 1938. woodcut in black and gray. printed from two blocks. 39.1 x 67.7 cm

 

Cycle. 1938. lithograph. 47.5 x 28 cm

 

Sky and water I. 1938. woodcut. 44 x 44 cm

 

Sky and water II. 1938. woodcut. 62.3 x 40.7 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Development II. 1939. first version. woodcut

 

Development II. 1939. woodcut in brown. grey-green and black. printed from 3 blocks

 

Metamorphosis II. 1940. woodcut in black. green and brown. printed from 20 blocks on 3 combined sheets

 

Metamorphosis II

 

Metamorphosis II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Metamorphosis II

 

Metamorphosis II

 

Metamorphosis II

 

Metamorphosis II

 

Metamorphosis II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bookplate Dr. P.H.M. Travaglino. 1940. wood engraving second state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back in Holland 1941 - 1954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fish. 1941. woodcut in 3 tones of grey-green. printed from 3 blocks

 

Verbum. 1942. lithograph. 33 x 38.5 cm

 

Reptiles. 1943. lithograph. 33.4 x 38.5 cm. National Gallery of Art(Washington D.C.)

 

Blowball. 1943. wood engraving intaglio-printed

 

Blowball. 1943. wood engraving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Self-Portrait. 1943. lithographic Crayon

 

Encounter. 1944. lithograph. 34 x 46.5 cm

 

Balcony. 1945. lithograph

 

Doric Columns. 1945. Wood-engraving printed from three blocks. 32 x 24 cm

 

Diploma Tijdelijke Academie. 1945. woodcut. fourth state. 34.2 x 24 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Three Spheres II. 1946. lithograph

 

Horseman. 1946. woodcut in red. black and grey. printed from 3 blocks

 

Eye. 1946. Mezzotint. 31.9 x 31.7 cm

 

Magic mirror. 1946. lithograph. 28 x 44.5 cm

 

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

 

Drawing Hands. 1948. lithograph. 28.2 x 33.2 cm

 

Dewdrop. 1948. Mezzotint. 18 x 24.5 cm

 

Sun and Moon. 1948. woodcut printed from four blocks. 25.1 x 27 cm

 

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

 

Curl-up. 1951. lithograph

 

House of Stairs. 1951. lithograph. 47 x 24 cm

 

Puddle. 1952. woodcut(in three colors) printed from three blocks. 24 x 31.9 cm

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognition and Success 1955 - 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Covex and concave. 1955. lithograph. 28 x 33.5 cm

 

Liberation. 1955. lithograph

 

Rind. lithograph. 1955

 

Depth. 1955. Wood-engraving printed from three blocks. 32 x 23 cm

 

Three Worlds. 1955. lithograph. 36.2 x 24.7 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swans. 1956. Wood-engraving. 20 x 32 cm

 

Bond of Union. 1956. lithograph. 25.3 x 33.9 cm

 

Print Gallery. 1956. lithograph. 31.9 x 31.7 cm

 

Division. 1956. woodcut. second state

 

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

 

Belvedere. 1958. lithograph. 46.2 x 29.5 cm

 

Sphere Spirals. 1958. woodcut in grey. black. yellow and pink. printed from 4 blocks

 

Circle Limit II. 1959. woodcut in red and black. printed from 2 blocks

 

Circle Limit III. five woodblock print. 1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ascending and Descending. 1960. lithograph. 35.5 x 28.5 cm

 

Circle Limit IV(Heaven and Hell). 1960. woodcut printed from two block

 

Moebius Strip I. 1961. wood engraving and woodcut in red. green. gold and black. printed from 4 blocks

 

Waterfall. lithograph. 1961. 38 x 30 cm

 

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

 

Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

Metamorphosis III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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