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Maurits Cornelis Escher

(Leeuwarden 1898 - Laren 1972)

The Third day of the Creation, 1926

Artist's Resale Right

Estimate

€ 8.000 - 10.000

Sold

€ 126.090

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

woodcut
37,3 x 27,8 cm(40 x 30,9 cm sheet size)
Signed in pencil lower left on the margin: M.C. Escher
Lower left in the plate the date 1-'26 (January 1926), the reference: GEN.1: 9-13 (Genesis, chapter 1, verses 9-13) followed by the monogram: MCE (Maurits Cornelis Escher).

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.208 n.106