Tower of Babel
Item Information
- Title:
- Tower of Babel
- Artist:
- Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972
- Name on Item:
-
M. C. Escher
- Date:
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February 1928
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Woodcuts
Op art
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
-
John D. Merriam Collection
- Subjects:
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Optical illusions
- Extent:
- 1 print : woodcut ; sheet 72 x 46 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076t25f
- Terms of Use:
-
All M.C. Escher works copyright © The M.C. Escher Company B.V. - Baarn-Holland. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
-
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Bool: 118
Additional information accompanying item: Woodcut on laid Japanese paper. Signed with monogram and dated in block in lower left corner of image "MCE 2-'28." Inscribed in block in lower right corner of image "Gen.11:7." Signed beneath image at left, in pencil "M. C. Escher."
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; John D. Merriam; June 28, 1976
- Notes (date):
-
Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
-
Bool, F. H., Locher, J. L (editor). "M.C. Escher, his life and complete graphic work : with a fully illustrated catalogue." Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1982, New York.
- Identifier:
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17_13_000083
- Barcode:
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36666003823545
