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M.C. Escher’s Metamorphose II (1939-1940) is a masterful exploration of transformation, symmetry, and visual continuity. This expansive woodcut print, spanning nearly four meters in length, takes viewers on a seamless journey through an evolving sequence of shapes and figures. Beginning with a simple checkerboard pattern, the design gradually morphs into intricate geometric tessellations, recognizable creatures such as fish and birds, and ultimately into architectural forms before looping back to its original state. Through this continuous metamorphosis, Escher challenges our perception of reality and the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Metamorphose II exemplifies his fascination with infinity, order, and the fluid relationship between mathematics and art, making it one of his most dynamic and captivating works. This 4,05 meter long poster is divided in 4 pieces of each approximately 103cm x 21,5cm. The image itself is about 20cm high. Shipped in a decorated tube. The pieces slightly overlap so please be careful when measuring for a frame.
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M.C. Escher’s Metamorphose I (1937) is a groundbreaking early example of his fascination with transformation and tessellation. This woodcut print marks the beginning of Escher’s exploration of gradual shape-shifting patterns, a theme he would refine in later works such as Metamorphose II and Metamorphose III. In Metamorphose I, geometric shapes transition seamlessly into recognizable figures, demonstrating Escher’s ability to blend mathematics with artistic creativity. The print captures the fluid evolution of form, guiding the viewer through a visual journey where boundaries between abstraction and reality dissolve. With its rhythmic progression and meticulous detail, Metamorphose I showcases Escher’s genius in visualizing continuous change within a structured framework. Printed in black and white on 170gram paper. Packaged in cardboard tube. Paper size : 90 x 25 cm. Image size approx : 83,5 x 18 cm.
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Printed in black and white on 170gram paper. Packaged in cardboard tube. Paper size : 55 x 65 cm. Image size approx : 44 x 51,7.
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Gravity, lithograph, hand-coloured, 1952. "Here is another star dodecahedron, bordered by twelve flat five-pointed stars. On each of these platforms lives a tailless monster with a long neck and four legs. Its torso is trapped under a five-sided pyramid with walls, each with an opening, through which the animal protrudes its head and legs. But the pointed end of a platform on which one animal lives is also the wall of the dungeon of one of its fellow sufferers. All these triangular ends therefore have the double function of a floor as a wall." ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen. Printed in color on poster paper. Paper size : 55 x 65 cm. Image size approx : 49 x 49cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.
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Tower of Babel, woodcut, 1928. "It was assumed that the different races also emerged during the confusion of tongues; hence some construction workers are white, others black. The work has come to a standstill because they no longer understand each other. Since the quintessence of the drama takes place at the top of the tower under construction, it was shown, as if in a bird's eye view, from above. This resulted in the need for a strong perspective shift downwards." ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen. Printed in black and white on 170 gram paper. Paper size : 55 x 65 cm. Image size approx : 32,3 x 52 cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.
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Rind, wood engraving of 4 blocks printed, 1955. "Like the spiral skin of a fruit, like a hollow, fragmentary sculpture, a female effigy floats through space. The depth effect is enhanced by a cloud cover receding towards the horizon." ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen. Printed in color on 170 gram paper. Paper size : 55 x 65 cm. Image size approx : 37,7 x 55 cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.
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Encounter, lithograph, 1944. "From the gray edges of a back wall, a complicated pattern of white and black human figures develops. Since people who want to live need at least a floor to walk on, one was designed for them, with a circular hole in it, so that, as much of the back wall as possible, remains visible. As a result, they are also forced to walk in a circle and meet each other in the foreground: a white optimist and a black pessimist, who shake hands." ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen. Printed in black and white on 170 gram paper. Paper size : 65 x 55 cm. Image size approx : 55 x 39,7 cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.
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Still life with Reflecting Globe, lithograph, 1934. "The same reflective sphere as depicted in Hand with Reflecting Sphere, but here from the side, like a bottle with a neck." ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen. Printed in black and white on 170 gram paper. Paper size : 65 x 55 cm. Image size approx : 50,5 x 44 cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.
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Printed in black and white on 170gram paper. Packaged in cardboard tube. Paper size : 55 x 65 cm. Image size approx : 48,4 x 46,7 cm.
