Atrani (Bool 150)

Details

Maurits Cornelis Escher
Atrani (Bool 150)
woodengraving, 1931, on laid Japan, with margins, inscribed with title along the lower sheet edge, two horizontal folds outside the block, a foxmark in the upper sheet margin, a very tiny hole in the lower right corner, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 178 x 128 mm.; S. 275 x 190 mm.

Provenance

This print was aquired by the father of the present owner. His father was a close friend and protector of the artist.

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Lot Essay

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Escher visited Atrani making several studies in pencil and watercolour; the small Italian village is featured in the present lot as well as in his large Metamorphosis of 1939/40.

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