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Birds (1926)
20 March 2017

Birds (1926)

In the winter of 1925/1926 Escher worked on a series of six woodcuts about the creation of the world as told in the Book of Genesis, 'I sei giorni della creazione'.

M.C. Escher, Birds, woodcut, 1926

M.C. Escher, Birds, woodcut, 1926

The series gathered a lot of appreciation, both in the Netherlands as in Italy where he exhibited them in May 1926. Escher finished off his series with a woodcut, in which he incorporated all the titles and a group of birds.

M.C. Escher, The Second Day of Creation (The Division of the Waters), woodcut, 1925

M.C. Escher, The Second Day of Creation (The Division of the Waters), woodcut, 1925

M.C. Escher, The Fifth Day of Creation, woodcut, 1926

M.C. Escher, The Fifth Day of Creation, woodcut, 1926

Source

[*] Wim Hazeu, M.C. Escher, Een biografie, Meulenhoff, 1998, page 126

Erik Kersten

Erik Kersten

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