Details
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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