Another World

 

M.C. Escher

  1898 - 1972 (biography)

1947  

color woodcut and wood engraving, printed from 3 blocks 

12 1/2 x 10 1/4" image 

pencil, lower right 

proof impression 

in pencil: "Eigendruck" and "Andere World / Another World" lower margin 

Bool 348; W.142; G. 63 

cream laid Japanese paper 

proof 

artist 

DABR101 

SOLD

The first of what has been called the “Relativity Series” “Another World” varies in color from impression to impression. This impression is printed in black, gray green foreground, blue green landscape with touches of orange on the far vertical edges. The Taschen catalogue (#63) notes: “Each plane of the building, which unites nadir, horizon and zenith, has a threefold function. For instance, the rear plane in the center serves as a wall in relation to the horizon, a floor in connection with the view through the top opening and a ceiling so far as the view to towards (sic) the starry sky is concerned.”