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Maurits Cornelis Escher

(Leeuwarden 1898 - Laren 1972)

The Sixth day of the Creation, 1926

Artist's Resale Right

Estimate

€ 8.000 - 10.000

Sold

€ 94.590

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

woodcut
37,5 x 28 cm (40,3 x 30,8 cm sheet size)
Signed in pencil lower left on the margin: M.C. Escher
Monogrammed and dated lower left in the plate: MCE, 3.'26 (Maurits Cornelis Escher, March 1926), followed by the references: GEN.1: 24-31 (Genesis, chapter 1, verses 24-31).

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Author by the current owner's father in 1935

Literature

F.H. Bool, M.C. Escher, His Life and Complete Graphic Work, J.L.Locher/ H.N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1982, p.209 n.109