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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Dag en Nacht (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, very tiny unobtrusive foxmarks, very tiny ruststains in the margins, a made-up spot in the upper right part of the image, another very small almost invisible in the lower left margin, slightly scuffed spots in the black area at the right, laid down with four small strips of papertape along the upper edge, residual papertape at the reverse lower corners and related very small damages, residual glue along the reverse upper edge showing through, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 389 x 677 mm.; S. 510 x 798 mm.
Dag en Nacht (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, very tiny unobtrusive foxmarks, very tiny ruststains in the margins, a made-up spot in the upper right part of the image, another very small almost invisible in the lower left margin, slightly scuffed spots in the black area at the right, laid down with four small strips of papertape along the upper edge, residual papertape at the reverse lower corners and related very small damages, residual glue along the reverse upper edge showing through, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 389 x 677 mm.; S. 510 x 798 mm.