M C Escher: 29 Master Prints

M C Escher (Introduction)

ISBN 10: 0810922681 / ISBN 13: 9780810922686

Published by Abrams, New York, 1983

About this Item

Collection of 29 prints by the Dutch graphic artist M C Escher (1898-1972) with an introduction and commentary by the artist. 62pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Some surface wear to cover, including 2" scratch to rear panel, otherwise near fin copy with no inscriptions. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

Seller Inventory # 017633

Bibliographic Details

• Title: M C Escher: 29 Master Prints
• Publisher: Abrams, New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810922681
• ISBN 13: 9780810922686
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: M C Escher
• Edition: Reissue.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Twenty-nine woodcuts and lithographs make use of optical illusions and unusual perspectives and are accompanied by the artist's comments

About the Author

M. C. Escher (Dutch 1898-1972) made relatively realistic art--landscapes, portraits--until his early middle age. Then, increasingly fascinated by the tension between two-dimensional representation and the mind's tenacious three-dimensional perception, he began to create prints and drawings in which realism collides with impossibility. Working alone, with no mathematics background, he produced "symmetry drawings" that graphically represented the phenomena of crystallography and foretold the concept of a fractal universe. He challenged the hegemony of so-called natural laws with renderings of courtyards where up and down lose their meaning; of structures that flout gravity and perspective, of abstract patterns that gradually metamorphose into wriggling, flapping beasts. These wildly ingenious new designs reflected the order and beauty Escher saw in a world that often seemed chaotic. Strangely logical manipulations of space, his works are slyly humorous visually stunning, and rigorously obedient to their own physics and perspectives. Escher's world is best enjoyed if you are willing to see from several viewpoints at once.