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Mr. Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt

American, 1915 - 1991

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M.C. Escher, Fish and Scales, 1959, woodcut, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1982.90.6

Fish and Scales

M.C. Escher · 1959 · woodcut ·  Accession ID  1982.90.6

M.C. Escher, Perfume (Bad Smell), 1921, woodcut on wove paper, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1983.109.50

Perfume (Bad Smell)

M.C. Escher · 1921 · woodcut on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1983.109.50

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Initial S

M.C. Escher · published 1933 · woodcut ·  Accession ID  1983.109.132.3

M.C. Escher, Flatworms, 1959, lithograph, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1974.28.77

Flatworms

M.C. Escher · 1959 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1974.28.77

M.C. Escher, Circle Limit IV, 1960, woodcut in black on Japan paper, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1982.90.9

Circle Limit IV

M.C. Escher · 1960 · woodcut in black on Japan paper ·  Accession ID  1982.90.9

M.C. Escher, Illustration for "XIIme Congres Postal Universel", 1947, woodcut on thin white China paper, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1974.28.28

Illustration for "XIIme Congres Postal Universel"

M.C. Escher · 1947 · woodcut on thin white China paper ·  Accession ID  1974.28.28

M.C. Escher, Smaller and Smaller, 1956, wood engraving in black and red-brown, pri nted from two blocks, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1974.28.66

Smaller and Smaller

M.C. Escher · 1956 · wood engraving in black and red-brown, pri nted from two blocks ·  Accession ID  1974.28.66

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VIII, Sundial

M.C. Escher · published 1932 · woodcut ·  Accession ID  1983.109.129.11

M.C. Escher, New Year's greeting-card PTT, 1956, wood engraving on light tan wove paper, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1983.109.32

New Year's greeting-card PTT

M.C. Escher · 1956 · wood engraving on light tan wove paper ·  Accession ID  1983.109.32

A circle filled with a pattern of interlocking fish with their mouths touching is printed with muted red, green, blue, orange, and black for this woodcut on cream-white paper. The fish mouths create three-pointed stars, and the fins fit together to create a dense design. Each fish has teardrop-shaped eyes with black pupils on white. A white stripe runs the length of each fish so that where the fins of one trio meet the mouths of another, a white asterisk form is made. The fish become smaller and then infinitesimal around the border. The artist inscribed the sheet under the printed image with “MCEscher XII-’59” to the lower left and “eigen druk” to the lower right. Another graphite inscription in the lower left corner of the sheet reads, “‘Circle-limit III’, colour-woodcut.”
M.C. Escher, Circle Limit III, 1959, woodcut in rust, olive, blue, brown and black, printed from five blocks, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1982.90.7

Circle Limit III

M.C. Escher · 1959 · woodcut in rust, olive, blue, brown and black, printed from five blocks ·  Accession ID  1982.90.7