a) Nude Woman [recto]; b) Nude [verso]

Provenance

The artist; to the M. C. Escher Foundation, Baarn, The Netherlands, 1968–72; purchased by Michael Sachs, CT, c. 1980; purchased by Rock J. Walker, New York and San Francisco; purchased by Michael Louis Schiffman, Los Angeles, October 2008; gift to NGA, 2021

a) Nude Woman [recto]; b) Nude [verso]

Escher, M.C.

1920

Accession Number

2021.98.1.a-b

Medium

a) black pencil on wove paper; b) black pencil on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 49.9 × 65.1 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Schiffman in honor of Rock J. Walker/Walker Fine Art