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Day and night

Day and night
 1938

Medium
woodcut printed in grey and black ink on Japanese paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Carol Sisson, Carolyn Stubbs, NGV Foundation and the Escher Appeal Donors, 2019
© 2019 The M.C. Escher Company-The Netherlands. all rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
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Gallery location
Lounge area - Level 1
Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
woodcut printed in grey and black ink on Japanese paper
Measurements
39.9 × 67.7 cm (image and block) 45.3 × 73.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Brussels, Belgium; Baarn, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bool 303
Inscription
printed (in relief) in ink (in image) u.r.: MCE / II-‘33
inscribed in pencil l.l.: M.C. Escher (underlined)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: eigen druk
Accession Number
2019.314
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Carol Sisson, Carolyn Stubbs, NGV Foundation and the Escher Appeal Donors, 2019
© 2019 The M.C. Escher Company-The Netherlands. all rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Lounge area - Level 1
Level 1, NGV International

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