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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Ontmoeting (Encounter) (B. 331)
lithograph, 1944, on cream Holland wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 151/200 (from the edition published by Arta, 1957; there was another numbered edition of 30), with small margins, a small stain at the lower left edge, a vertical crease along the right edge, the tip of the lower right corner creased, some paperscuffing at the reverse lower edge, a 50 mm. long dotted diagonal line at the reverse upper left center not showing through, residual glue at the reverse upper corners, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 340 x 363 mm.; 387 x 499 mm.
Ontmoeting (Encounter) (B. 331)
lithograph, 1944, on cream Holland wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 151/200 (from the edition published by Arta, 1957; there was another numbered edition of 30), with small margins, a small stain at the lower left edge, a vertical crease along the right edge, the tip of the lower right corner creased, some paperscuffing at the reverse lower edge, a 50 mm. long dotted diagonal line at the reverse upper left center not showing through, residual glue at the reverse upper corners, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 340 x 363 mm.; 387 x 499 mm.