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Lot 56
  • 56

Maurits Cornelis Escher

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • M. C. Escher
  • Encounter (B./K./L./W. 331)
  • lithograph
  • sheet 438 by 547 mm 17 1/4 by 21 1/2 in
Lithograph, 1944, signed in pencil and numbered 'No 21/30', on Hollande wove paper, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, with wide margins. The sheet with pale light-stain, occasional scattered foxing in the margins (mainly at top), and soft handling creases. A small remain of Japan hinge at lower left sheet edge.
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