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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Basalt blocks by the sea (B.84)
woodcut, 1921, on cream wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 1/2, with margins, tapestaining along the centre of all sheetedges, papertape along the reverse sheet edges, a backed, 12 mm. long tear in the upper right margin not affecting the image, a soft horizontal fold in the centre right, a small printing crease in the upper left of the image, few lesser defects, framed
L. 140 x 180 mm.; S. 180 x 221 mm.
Basalt blocks by the sea (B.84)
woodcut, 1921, on cream wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 1/2, with margins, tapestaining along the centre of all sheetedges, papertape along the reverse sheet edges, a backed, 12 mm. long tear in the upper right margin not affecting the image, a soft horizontal fold in the centre right, a small printing crease in the upper left of the image, few lesser defects, framed
L. 140 x 180 mm.; S. 180 x 221 mm.
Provenance
given to the present owner by J.R. Kist, Laren
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