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Depicts the art works of Dutch artist Murits Escher, who creates illusions of shape by the use in his painting, drawing, sculpture etc. of such devices of mirror imagery, repetition, metamorphosis and geometric design.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323335
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Netherlands
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Abstract
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Netherlands
Crafts & Visual Arts → Assemblage (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Composition (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Conceptual art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972
Crafts & Visual Arts → Etching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Netherlands
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Dutch
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Dutch
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perception
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)