Magic mirror, lithograph, 1946.
“On a tiled floor there is a vertically mirrored screen, from which a mythical creature is born. It emerges piece by piece until a complete animal walks away to the right. His reflection moves to the left, but remains real for a moment, because it emerges from behind the reflective screen into reality. First they walk in single file, then two by two and finally both streams meet each other in rows of four. At the same time they lose their plasticity. They slide together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, fill each other’s spaces and identify with the floor on which the mirror stands.” ~ M.C. Escher, Grafiek en Tekeningen.
Printed in black and white on 170 gram paper. Paper size : 65 x 55 cm, image size approx : 55,5 x 34,5 cm. Packaged in cardboard tube.