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Metamorphosis II is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. It was created between November, 1939 and March, 1940. It was created between November, 1939 and March, 1940. The print measures 19.2 by 389.5 centimetres ( 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 12 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and was printed from 20 blocks on 3 combined sheets.
Metamorphosis III is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher created during 1967 and 1968. Measuring 19 cm × 680 cm (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 22 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), this is Escher's largest print. It was printed on thirty-three blocks on six combined sheets.
Metamorphosis I is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in May, 1937. This piece measures 19.5 cm × 90.8 cm ( 7 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 35 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) and is printed on two sheets.
Escher's painstaking [b] [9] study of the same Moorish tiling in the Alhambra, 1936, demonstrates his growing interest in tessellation. Escher returned to Italy and lived in Rome from 1923 to 1935. While in Italy, Escher met Jetta Umiker – a Swiss woman, like himself attracted to Italy – whom he married in 1924.
Escher in Het Paleis shows the early lovely Italian landscapes, the many mirror prints and a choice from the tesselation drawings, also the three versions of the Metamorphosis, from the first small one, to the third, of 7 meters. This one is shown in a circle. It underlines the new vision of the museum on the work of M.C. Escher. [citation needed]
House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in November 1951. This print measures 47 cm × 24 cm (18 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). It depicts the interior of a tall structure crisscrossed with stairs and doorways. A total of 46 wentelteefje (imaginary creatures created by Escher) are crawling on the ...
Snakes is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. The work was first printed in July 1969, and was Escher's last print before his death. [1] Snakes depicts a disc made up of interlocking circles that grow progressively smaller towards the center and towards the edge. There are three snakes laced through the edge of the disc.
Day and Night was one of the most popular of Escher's prints during his lifetime. He printed more than 600 copies of it. [2] A blue variant of the print sold for $94,062.50 in Los Angeles in 2022.