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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Puddle
woodcut in colors, on Japan paper, 1952, signed in pencil, inscribed 'eigen druk', with margins
Image: 912 x 1234 in. (240 x 323 mm.)
Sheet: 1138 x 1438 in. (288 x 365 mm.)
Literature
Bool 378
FURTHER DETAILS
Bool notes that the reflected image comes from catalogue no. 230. There exist proofs in green from one block and in green and brown from two blocks.
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"In addition, I also finished the Puddle, a woodcut in three colors, a very impressionistic theme to be sure (for me), but the symbolism of which fascinated me in the manner of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who says somewhere: 'Une mare en relation avec la lune révèle des parentés cachées' ('A puddle in relation to the moon reveals hidden connections').

- M.C. Escher, letter to Paul Kessler, 4 March 1952

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