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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Day and Night (B. 303)
woodcut, printed in black and ochre-grey, 1938, on thin laid Japan, signed in pencil and inscribed eigen druk., with margins, soft lightstaining to just outside the signature and inscription, soft staining from tape at several places along the sheet edges, the upper sheet edge with several rust stains, a pinhole in the upper right margin corner, another tiny hole in the left of the lower margin, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 395 x 678 mm.; S. 498 x 773 mm.
Day and Night (B. 303)
woodcut, printed in black and ochre-grey, 1938, on thin laid Japan, signed in pencil and inscribed eigen druk., with margins, soft lightstaining to just outside the signature and inscription, soft staining from tape at several places along the sheet edges, the upper sheet edge with several rust stains, a pinhole in the upper right margin corner, another tiny hole in the left of the lower margin, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 395 x 678 mm.; S. 498 x 773 mm.