Maurits Cornelis EscherNizozemsko, 1898–1972

Double Planetoid

1949 · Print

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Kde je teď „Double Planetoid“? Sbírka: Národní galerie ve Washingtonu, Washington, D.C. Momentálně není vystaveno. Ověřeno 2. listopadu 2026.

Národní galerie ve Washingtonu

Washington, D.C., Spojené státy americké

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O díle

Double Planetoid is a 1949 wood engraving by M. C. Escher at Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Buildings with pointed roofs and arches occupy a circular world alongside foliage and rocky ground. Three blocks provided dark blue, brown and black inks. The round image is about 37.5 centimetres across, surrounded by the margins of a rectangular sheet.

Podrobnosti

Inventární číslo: 1964.8.740

Co zobrazuje

Tree Mountains Planets City Building

V katalogu

Grafika Dřevořez 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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