M.C. Escher - Lithografie " Dag en Nacht " (Oudekerk a/d/ Amstel) - Sold

Artist : Maurits Cornelis Escher 1898-1972
Title/Performance : "Day and Night" (Oudekerk a/d/ Amstel)
Dated: 1970 (lithography of the original woodcut from 1938, made under the auspices of Escher)
Medium / Technique : lithography
Dimensions : 50 x 83 cm
Signed :
Condition: good / slight water damage at the bottom of the frame
framed; yes (wooden with anti-reflective glass front plate)

Maurits Cornelis Escher (Leeuwarden, June 17, 1898 – Hilversum, March 27, 1972) was a Dutch artist, known for his woodcuts, wood engravings and lithographs, in which he often played with mathematical principles.


His engravings often depict impossible constructions, studies of infinity and interlocking geometric patterns (divisions of planes) that gradually change into completely different forms. Some very well-known pictures that he drew are designed around impossible objects such as the Penrose triangle and the Penrose staircase. It was not until the 1950s that he gained wider recognition as an artist, especially in the US. Crystallographers and mathematicians discovered symmetries and themes from their fields in his work. From 1960 Escher's graphic work has been used in scientific (text) books.

In the 1960s, much to Escher's surprise, his work was embraced by hippies and pop stars because of the fantastic parallel worlds.