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Maurits Cornelis Escher, artist
Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Aarde (Earth), no. 1 from the series De vier elementen (The Four Elements), New Year's greeting card for 1953, 1952
Color woodcut printed in blue-gray and brown with letterpress printed in gray
15.5 x 13.5 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts purchase 1978.1.22.1

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Artist Biography: Born 17 June1898 at Leeuwarden. Lived in Italy from 1923-1935, in Switzerland 1935-1937, in Brussels 1937-1941, l941-1972 in Baarn (Holland). Printmaker and illustrator. Died in Hilversum 27 March1972. ~~Reference: Locher, J. L., ed.: M.C. Escher, His Life and Complete Graphic Work (New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. [1982], transl.from the Dutch (pub. Meulenoff &Co., Amsterdam , catalogue by F.H. Bool, J.L. Locher, and F. Wierda~

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