Maurits Cornelis EscherHolandia, 1898–1972

Curl-up

1951 · Print

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Gdzie jest teraz „Curl-up”? Kolekcja: National Gallery of Art, Waszyngton. Obecnie poza wystawą. Sprawdzono 9 listopada 2026.

National Gallery of Art

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Sprawdzono: przedwczoraj
Ten status od: 19 sie 2026
Źródło: Muzeum

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O dziele

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.

Szczegóły

Numer inwentarzowy: 1964.8.735

Co przedstawia

Animal Writing

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Grafiki Litografia Sztuka powojenna XX wiek Dutch

Źródła

National Gallery of Art
Zdjęcie: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

Z życia: Maurits Cornelis Escher

Cały życiorys

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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