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M.C. Escher (artist) Dutch, 1898 - 1972 Self-Portrait, 1929 lithograph on gray paper image: 25.9 x 20.5 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 34.7 x 24.7 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection All M.C. Escher works © Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 1973.65.19 |
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Escher first learned to make lithographs in 1929. This is his second endeavor in the medium. Escher made self-portraits throughout his career, experimenting with various printmaking techniques that included linoleum cut, woodcut, lithography, and mezzotint.
Lithography, in which the image is drawn with an oily medium on a stone slab, is based on the principle that oil and water repel one another. After the prepared stone is washed with water, printing ink is applied, which adheres only to the drawing.
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