M.C. Escher (artist) Dutch, 1898 - 1972 Eight Heads, 1922 woodcut, block printed four times image: 32.5 x 34 cm (12 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.) sheet: 45.7 x 44.8 cm (18 x 17 5/8 in.) Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 1973.65.2

From the Tour: M.C. Escher — Life and Work
Object 3 of 24

Created while Escher was still a student at the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem, this is the first print to demonstrate his theory of the regular division of a plane. Escher cut eight heads -- four male and four female -- in the original wood block. The final image was achieved by printing the block four times.

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