Maurits Cornelis EscherΟλλανδία, 1898–1972

Double Planetoid

1949 · Print

Μπορώ να το δω;

Δεν εκτίθεται αυτή την περίοδο

Πού βρίσκεται τώρα το έργο «Double Planetoid»; Συλλογή: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Ουάσιγκτον, Ουάσινγκτον. Δεν εκτίθεται αυτή την περίοδο. Ελέγχθηκε 9 Νοεμβρίου 2026.

Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Ουάσιγκτον

Ουάσινγκτον, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής

Ανήκει στη συλλογή, αλλά δεν εκτίθεται αυτή την περίοδο.

Ελέγχθηκε: πριν από 5 ημέρες
Σε αυτή την κατάσταση από: 19 Αυγ 2026
Πηγή: Το μουσείο

Στον χάρτη Σελίδα μουσείου

Ενσωμάτωση

Για το έργο

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.

Στοιχεία

Αριθμός καταλόγου: 1964.8.740

Τι απεικονίζει

Tree Mountains Planets City Building

Στον κατάλογο

Χαρακτικά Ξυλογραφία Μεταπολεμική τέχνη 20ός αιώνας Dutch

Πηγές

Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Ουάσιγκτον
Εικόνα: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Ουάσιγκτον — © the artist or rights holder

Στη ζωή του καλλιτέχνη: Maurits Cornelis Escher

Όλη η ζωή

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.

Όλα τα έργα