Author: Escher, M. C.
Title: Poster, Grafiek en Tekeningen.
Description: Zwolle, Erven Tijl, 1968. Poster (46.0 x 61.5 cm). Offset print in black and green. = Vintage window poster, announcing a catalogue, Grafiek en Tekeningen, of graphic works by the world-famous Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). This poster for bookshops states "Met 82 afb. hier verkrijgbaar" (with 82 ill.[ustrations], available here), and contains a quote by Escher "De ideeën die er aan ten grondslag liggen getuigen veelal van mijn verwondering over- en mijn bewondering voor wetmatigheden die de ruimte om ons heen bevat. Wie zich verwondert, geeft zich rekenschap van een wonder" (The underlying ideas often testify to my amazement and admiration for the laws that the space around us contains. Whoever wonders, realizes a miracle). Apparently, there were two varieties of this poster. This is the 'landscape' (oblong) variety showing part of Escher's Reptiles, a 'classic' Escher, made in 1943 (Bool 327). Short tear and some creasing in lower margin, outside the printed area, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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