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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.
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 ...
A cache of M.C. Escher drawings, created during his time in Italy, fetched a stunning total of $7.8 million at Christie’s today, quadrupling its low presale estimate. The status of Escher as the ...
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, “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.
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 ...
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 ...
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… ...
M. C. Escher (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist whose approach was an inspiration for Yoon, is a case in point. Escher created many iconic works at the intersection of nature, mathematics, and ...