Details
MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)
Belvedere
pencil on paper
Image: 18 x 15 in. (455 x 380 mm.)
Sheet: 2114 x 2134 in. (539 x 554 mm.)
Drawn circa 1958
Provenance
M.C. Escher Foundation, Baarn (gift from the artist, October 1969; on deposit with The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, no. T145-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. 1597.
FURTHER DETAILS
This is a preliminary drawing for lot 60, Belvedere (Bool 426).
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"My picture Belvedere is no higher math. That I cannot state this more precisely is caused by my lack in mathematical training, I suppose. That is actually what is absorbing about my position as regards to mathematics: our realms touch each other but do not overlap. I regret that!"

- M.C. Escher, letter to Bruno Ernst, 1958

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