Lot 32
Lot 32
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROBERT OWEN LEHMAN FOUNDATION
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Ant Mobius Strip

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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Ant Mobius Strip

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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Ant Mobius Strip
green ballpoint pen and pencil on paper
2012 x 1178 in. (52 x 301 mm.)
Drawn circa 1963
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T149-x-69).
Michael S. Sachs, Inc., Westport (acquired from the above, 1980).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1980.
Literature
M.C. Escher-Archive: Drawings, Microfiche no. 1359.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for Mobius Strip II (Red Ants) (Bool 441).
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Lot Essay

"Fortunately, I have a new print in my head at the moment, which wants to get out. Title: Red Ants. I'm burning to tell you more about it, but my lips are sealed - with superstition."

- M.C. Escher, January 1962.
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