Lot 36
Lot 36
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROBERT OWEN LEHMAN FOUNDATION
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Reptiles

Price Realised USD 529,200
Estimate
USD 100,000 - USD 150,000
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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Reptiles

Price Realised USD 529,200
Price Realised USD 529,200
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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Reptiles
pencil on paper
13 x 18 in. (330 x 457 mm.)
Drawn circa 1943
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T130-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. 1436.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for Reptiles (Bool 327).
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