PRINTS AND DRAWINGS SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROBERT OWEN LEHMAN FOUNDATION
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Ascending and Descending
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Price Realised USD 378,000
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USD 35,000 - USD 45,000
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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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Sheet floats freely. Faintly mat-stained and light-stained. Artist's tack-holes along the upper and lower edges, to the center left and right edges, and in the upper quadrants. A few small nicks to the extreme edges. Left upper and right edges deckled; left and right edges irregular. A few handling creases and scuff marks in places. Scattered faint pinpoints of foxing. Subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the work is in overall good condition. Framed dimensions: 21 x 17 x 1 in.
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Lot 63Sale 24220
Ascending and DescendingMAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)Estimate: USD 35,000 - 45,000
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