Encounter
Maurits Cornelis Escher, Dutch, 1898 - 1972
1944
Lithograph on wove paper
Edition 72/200
Image: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Image: 18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/16 × 22 5/16 in. (46.8 × 56.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
PR.957.202.4
Publisher
International Graphic Arts Society, Inc., New York
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, lower right: V-'44/MCE; signed and inscribed, in graphite, lower left: MC. Escher 72/200
Exhibition History
The Nude: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 20-June 17, 1984.
Used by Arts Education in December, 1982 classes.
Used by Arts Education Services, November-December 1983.
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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