House of Stairs, lithograph, 1951.
“A game element occurs that was already discussed in the regular division of the surface, the glide reflection. Almost the entire top half of the print is a mirror image of the bottom half. The top step, along which a creature descends from left to right, is even mirrored twice: in the middle and then again at the bottom. On the stairs in the upper right corner, the contrast between ‘climbing’ and ‘descending’ has been removed: two rows of animals go next to each other, but one rises and the other descends.” ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen.
Printed in black and white on 170grams paper. Packaged in cardboard tube. Paper size : 45 x 79,5 cm. Image size approx : 36,7 x 72,3 cm.
