Lot 31
Lot 31
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST ESTATE
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Day and Night

Estimate
USD 25,000 - USD 35,000
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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Day and Night

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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Day and Night
woodcut in black and grey, on tissue-thin laid Japan paper, 1938, signed in pencil, inscribed 'eigen druk.', with wide margins
Image: 1538 x 2634 in. (390 x 679 mm.)
Sheet: 1834 x 3058 in. (475 x 778 mm.)
Literature
Bool 303
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Lot Essay

"My little birds, little fish and frogs cannot be described: all they ask for is to be thought through, they ask for a mode of thought that I have found to be present in only very few people. It is a kind of small philosophy that has nothing to do with literature, a pleasure in arranging forms and in giving meaning to each part of the plane. It has much more to do with music than with literature."

- M.C. Escher, letter to G.H's-Gravesande, 14 March 1940.
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