Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) spent his adult life pursuing the impossible and the infinite. This comprehensive exhibition, featuring more than 150 original drawings, woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, traces the imagery that made him one of the world’s most recognized artists. Included are examples of Escher’s explorations of perspective, repeating geometrical patterns, metamorphosis, and infinity—ideas that he returned to often over the course of nearly fifty years. The exhibition begins with Escher’s lesser-known book illustrations and commissions, then transitions into the mesmerizing prints for which he is best known, including his renderings of fantastical architecture with stairways to nowhere and repeated tiles of morphing animals. Together, the works reveal the ingenuity and technical skill of an artist who continually pushed the limits of what an image could be.
Single Source Traveling Exhibition provided by: PANART Connections
Top image: M.C. Escher. Bond of Union, 1956. Lithograph; 10 × 13 3/8 in. M.C. Escher Images are copyright of the M.C. Escher Co.
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