Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)

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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)

Basalt blocks along the sea (B.33)

woodcut, 1919, on cream wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, with margins, a soft horizontal central fold, tapestaining along most of the right and left sheet edges, papertape along the reverse sheet edges, a small stain just outside the upper left and the upper right, few lesser defects
L. 164 x 163 mm.; S. 271 x 221 mm.

Provenance

given to the present owner by J.R. Kist, Laren

Lot Essay

As described by Bool, this and the following lot, although differing in date, are very comparable in style. Both prints are of utmost rarity
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