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82 - M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
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M.C. Escher (1898-1972) Ascending and descending'/'Klimmen en dalen',signed and numbered in pencil 'M.C. Escher/No. 5/50 II' (lower right); dated and signed with initials in the plate 'III'60/MCE' (lower centre),lithograph, 355x285 mm,Literature:-F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wierda, ‘M.C. Escher: His life and complete graphic work’, New York 1981, ill. p. 321, no. 435.Provenance:-Acquired directly from the artist by Dr. Van de Ven, father of the present owner.Executed in March 1960.This lithograph is accompanied by the ‘M.C. Escher caleidocycles’ album by Doris Schattschneid and Wallace Walker with with 12 coloured models and practical instructions for, among other things, a stunning kaleidocycle, as well as much previously unpublished work by M.C. Escher.
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