Maurits Cornelis EscherNizozemsko, 1898–1972

Curl-up

1951 · Print

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Kde je teď „Curl-up“? Sbírka: Národní galerie ve Washingtonu, Washington, D.C. Momentálně není vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.

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O díle

Curl-up, a lithograph by M. C. Escher from 1951, belongs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Segmented creatures with outward-spreading legs appear in several positions beside explanatory writing. Their rounded body sections join together in long, articulated forms. This Rosenwald impression was shown in an Escher exhibition at Princeton in 1971–1972.

Podrobnosti

Inventární číslo: 1964.8.735

Co zobrazuje

Animal Writing

V katalogu

Grafika Litografie Poválečné umění 20. století Dutch

Zdroje

Národní galerie ve Washingtonu
Obrázek: Národní galerie ve Washingtonu — © the artist or rights holder

V životě: Maurits Cornelis Escher

Celý životopis

1946–1951
Mezzotint: a brief experiment
In 1946 Escher became interested in intaglio printing, but it took too much time: until 1951 he made no more than seven mezzotint prints and never returned to intaglio, preferring tonal contrast to linear outline. These few works are considered masterpieces of the technique.
1949
Rotterdam: a large exhibition of graphic work
In 1949 Escher and two other artists held a large exhibition of their graphic work in Rotterdam; several works were sold, and the artists explained how they were made — Escher, for instance, said that for “Reptiles” he modelled a small plasticine figure and moved it across a table.
1950
The first solo exhibition in the USA
In 1950 Escher’s first solo exhibition in the USA was held in Washington; sales of his work in America rose sharply — in the mid-1950s he sold 150 prints through a Washington dealer for $2,125. In the 1950s Escher also became a popular public lecturer.
1951
“Time” and “Life”: worldwide fame
After two articles Escher became known in the USA: in late 1950 Israel Shenker, a correspondent of the British magazine “The Studio”, interviewed him (published in February 1951), and then “Time” (2 April) and “Life” (7 May) wrote about him. Popular in Europe but little known in America, the artist gained worldwide fame from that moment.

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