Contrast (Order and Chaos).

by ESCHER, M. C.

$75,235 · Offered by Biblio

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Baarn: Self published,, February 1950. Signed by Escher Unknown edition, signed by the artist in pencil lower left. The image depicts a dodecahedron merged with a glass sphere, reflecting broken and disorderly objects. Escher's work explores the concept of impossible geometry used frequently in fantasy and science fiction, from notable early examples such as E. A. Abbott's Flatland (1884) to later works such as those by Jorge Luis Borges in which the "construction of the fourth dimension in their literary creation can find analogy in the magic mirrors of M. C. Escher" (Zeng). Escher's works have likewise provided a visual language for many subsequent illustrations of the weird, including the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Original lithograph on smooth wove paper. Image size: 28 x 28 cm. Sheet size: 31.9 x 31.5 cm. Framed size: 52.2 x 51.2 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a white gold frame with museum acrylic glazing. Bool/Kist/Locher/Weird 366; Bruno Ernst, The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher, 1976; Hong Zeng, The Semiotics of Exile in Literature, 2010.

• Year: 1950
• Binding: unknown

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