Details
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Ascending and Descending
dated and inscribed 'II-'60 06-II' (lower left)
pencil on paper
15 x 1234 in. (380 x 327 mm.)
Drawn in February 1960
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T457-x-1971).
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. 927.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for lot 64, Ascending and Descending (Bool 435).
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"We imagine we are climbing; every step is about 20 cm high, terribly exhausting and where does it get us? Nowhere; we don't get one step farther or higher. Descending, rolling downwards deliciously, doesn't work for us either.

- M.C. Escher, on Ascending and Descending, 1960

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