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Contrast (Order and Chaos)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898–1972)
1950
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 28 x 28 cm (11 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2014.1031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Boo, Krist and Locher No. 366
Signed
Signed in pencil lower left margin "MCEscher"
InscriptionsOn the stone "II'50" and monogram "MCE"
ProvenanceProbably around 2010/2013, purchased at auction by E. H. Ariëns Kappers (dealer), Amsterdam; 2014, sold by Ariëns Kappers to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)