Details
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Scanno
dated and titled 'SCANNO 20-5-'29' (lower right)
pencil on paper
26 x 1938 in. (661 x 493 mm.)
Drawn on 20 May 1929
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T153-x-69).
Michael S. Sachs, Inc., Westport (acquired from the above, 1980).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1980.
Literature
M.C. Escher-Archive: Drawings, Microfiche no. 1649.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for lot 12, Street in Scanno, Abruzzi (Bool 131).
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