Details
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Relativity
pencil on paper
Image: 1114 x 1138 in. (287 x 290 mm.)
Sheet: 1478 x 1218 in. (378 x 315 mm.)
Drawn circa 1953
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T184-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. 138.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for Relativity and Relativity (Bool 388 and 389).
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