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.

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

As “M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity” reveals, the answer is yes. Escher’s work meshed, to an uncanny degree, with the trippy aesthetics of the counterculture, as much as “The Lord of the ...

We spoke to the Currier Museum of Art's Senior Educator, Jane Oneail about the M.C. Escher retrospective that opens September 20th on the show today and… ...

It features 135 works created by M.C. Escher, the Dutch artist known for such works as "Drawing Hands" which shows two partially drawn hands, each drawing the other, and "Waterfall," which ...

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 ...

Flint Journal extras Art of perception art exhibit "M.C. Escher: Rhythm of Illusion" • When: Saturday through June 15 • Where: Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley St. • Details: (810 ...

Water pours over a ledge before appearing to flow back to the same ledge it just fell over. Graphic artist M.C. Escher creates this image in his popular 1961 piece "Waterfall," one of more than 150… ...

M.C. Escher (1898–1972), an artist of enigmas, has this larger enigma about him: He is inexplicably overrated or inexplicably underappreciated, depending on how you look at him.

M.C. Escher, "Drawing Hands," 1948. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) For Paulus, “Drawing Hands” also channels the mysterious evolution of a creative act in a visual way.

The M.C. Escher Exhibition opened in accordance with the MOA's monthly 'Art After Dark' event on Friday, Nov. 17. MOA marketing and public relations manager Kylie Brooks said shows are usually up ...

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 ...