Title:
The amazing world of M.C. Escher / Micky Piller, Patrick Elliott, Frans Peterse.
Author:
Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972, artist.
Piller, Micky, Contributor, "Tessellations in the work of M. C. Escher."
Elliott, Patrick, 1962- Contributor, "Escher and Britain."
Peterse, Frans, Catalogue contributor.
National Galleries of Scotland. Trustees, host insitiution.
Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Haags Gemeentemuseum. host institution.
AEGON Verzekeringen, Sponsor.
Publication Information:
Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland in association with the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2015.
Call Number:
NE670.E75 A4 2015
Abstract:
The Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) created some of the most celebrated and extraordinary images in twentieth-century art, yet he remains an elusive figure. In the 1960s, when his reputation sky-rocketed, he was championed on the one hand by leading mathematicians who admired his grasp of geometry, and on the other by hippies who claimed him as the godfather of psychedelic art. Rock stars and teenagers were equally amazed by Escher's ingenuity and imagination, yet the art world looked upon him - and still looks upon him - with reserved judgement; in short, his work is ripe for rediscovery and reappraisal. This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition - the largest ever held in the UK - of nearly 100 of Escher's greatest drawings and prints. Based on the world-renowned M.C. Escher collection at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the Netherlands, it has been organised by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, and tours to the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. -- Provided by publisher.
Title Subject:
ISBN:
9781906270889
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; portraits ; 22 x 25 cm
General Note:
Catalog of exhibition works: exhibition, "The amazing world of M.C. Escher" held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, from 27 June 2015 until 27 September 2015. Tour to Dulwich Picture Gallery, 14 October 2015 until 17 January 2016.
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Works. Selections
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