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Who made it?

Who made “Relativity”?

“Relativity” was made by M. C. Escher in 1953. Where to see it: Israel Museum.

Contemporary Art · Lithograph

What to look for

M. C. Escher: impossible buildings, endless staircases, interlocking tessellated animals and mathematical illusions in black and white.

Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Wikipedia

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More by M. C. Escher

• “Ascending and Descending”, 1960
• “Waterfall”, 1961
• “Drawing Hands”, 1948
• “Hand with Reflecting Sphere”, 1935
• “Belvedere”, 1958
• “Reptiles”, 1943
• “Still Life with Spherical Mirror”, 1934
• “Stars”, 1948