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MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Fish and Birds
pencil on paper
Image: 1114 x 1558 in. (285 x 398 mm.)
Sheet: 1538 x 19 in. (415 x 485 mm.)
Drawn circa 1951
来源
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T14-x-1971).
Michael S. Sachs, Inc., Westport (acquired from the above, 1980).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1980.
出版
M.C. Escher-Archive: Drawings, Microfiche no. 1421.
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This is a preliminary drawing for Predestination (Topsy-Turvy World) (Bool 372).
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拍品专文

"Fishes never eat birds, like they do in Predestination, but birds like fish. Give your canary Our Wonderful Vacuum-Dried Fish Food and you will hear how it sings like a nightingale!"

- M.C. Escher, letter to Charles Alldredge, 24 January 1955

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