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Maurits Cornelis Escher
Metamorphose III (Part of B. 446)
woodcut printed in black and redbrown, with handcolouring in green, 1967, a proof, part of the large print, on laid Japan, signed and dated in pencil, inscribed eigen druk, with margins, a few pencil printer's marks, the seam of two woodblocks with black ink corrections, a few pinholes, a few foxmarks, a small weak spot on the wireline in the lower left part of the image, laid down with brown papertape along the reverse edges, paperscuffing at the reverse right edge and with a waterstain, a 5 mm. wide tear in the upper margin close to the tape, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 192 x 595 mm.; S. 255 x 675 mm.
Metamorphose III (Part of B. 446)
woodcut printed in black and redbrown, with handcolouring in green, 1967, a proof, part of the large print, on laid Japan, signed and dated in pencil, inscribed eigen druk, with margins, a few pencil printer's marks, the seam of two woodblocks with black ink corrections, a few pinholes, a few foxmarks, a small weak spot on the wireline in the lower left part of the image, laid down with brown papertape along the reverse edges, paperscuffing at the reverse right edge and with a waterstain, a 5 mm. wide tear in the upper margin close to the tape, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 192 x 595 mm.; S. 255 x 675 mm.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent to the present owner