M.C. Escher, "Bond of Union," 1956. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) “This was ubiquitous in the '60s and early '70s as a psychedelic thing,” Baer said, adding that she knew Escher’s “Reptiles” from ...

M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist known for his iconic optical illusions. His lithographs, woodcuts, engravings, and drawings expressed a high level of technical expertise and meticulous ...

M.C. Escher — he of never-ending stairwells, fish morphing into flowers, hands drawing one another, expert use of glass globes, and math-minded imagineer of infinite nesting universes — is an ...

M. C. Escher, Horsemen (1946). Photo: courtesy Christie’s. As the auction title suggests, however, the sale features many of the mind-bending works for which Escher is best-known.

M.C. Escher (1898–1972) was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. After studying at the School of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem from 1919 to 1922, Escher embraced his passion for printmaking.

M.C. Escher (1898–1971) is arguably the highlight of the show, as the Dutch graphic artist’s work has captured minds and imaginations for decades—both in and outside of the art world.

A decade has passed since the first game was released, and the last ten years have shown that many aspects of Monument Valley ...

M.C. Escher, “Mummified Priests” (1932), lithograph, 8 x 10 4/5 inches . During this time, Escher was still a naturalistic illustrator, rather than the optical illusionist he would become.

Math underlies many of the art pieces M.C. Escher created, because he was fascinated with the idea of depicting infinity in various ways, producing infinitely repeatable patterns known as ...