LOT 13 Sky and Water I (Lucht en Water I) Maurits Cornelis Escher(1898-1972)
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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Sky and Water I (Lucht en Water I) (B. 306), 1938Woodcut on tissue-thin laid japon, signed in pencil lower left, inscribed 'eigen druk' ("printed by myself") lower right, with wide margins, framed. 17 1/4 x 17 1/4in (43.81 x 43.81cm)sheet 20 1/4 x 20in (51.43 x 50.80cm)
|A rare example with wide margins.From the collection of Robert and Wilcke Smith, both commercial artists (Robert as a medical illustrator and Wilcke as a graphic designer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for a time) who recognized early on the exceptional quality of Escher's graphic works. In June 1959, Robert wrote to Escher in his home in Baarn, Netherlands, to tell him he would be "extremely proud to own" two of Escher's prints, Light and Water I , 1938 and Relativity, 1953. In July 1959, the artist sent Smith a hand-signed letter informing him that each print was $20.00 and he could send Smith the two prints by airmail for an additional charge of $2.00. Copies of this remarkable correspondence are shown, along with Robert Smith's canceled check to the artist for $42.00, initialed in pen by Escher on the back. The prints were displayed in the Smiths' home in Albuquerque, New Mexico until their subsequent deaths (Robert Smith in 2007 and Wilcke Smith in 2015).
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