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Maurits Cornelis Escher, artist
Dutch, 1898 - 1972
Hangslot (Padlock), pl.XXIV from the book, XXIV Emblemata , epigrams by A.E. Drijfhout, woodcuts by M.C. Escher (Bussum: C.A. J. van Dishoeck, 1932), 1931
Woodcut
18 x 14 cm (image)
Gift of A. Justin Sterling 1985.1.347

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publisher, C.A. J. van Dishoeck~author, A.E. Drijfhout (G.J. Hoogewerff)

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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