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

Mummified Frog

    Price Realised USD 25,200
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    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
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    MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

    Mummified Frog

    Price Realised USD 25,200
    Price Realised USD 25,200
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    MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
    Mummified Frog
    dated 'VIII-'43' (lower left)
    pencil on paper squared for transfer
    Image: 5 x 51⁄4 in. (128 x 133 mm.)
    Sheet: 73⁄4 x 91⁄4 in. (225 x 234 mm.)
    Drawn in August 1943
    Provenance
    M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T896-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. 611.
    FURTHER DETAILS
    This is a preliminary drawing for Mummified Frog (Bool 343).
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