Cube with Magic Ribbons

Cube with Magic Ribbons

Artist	M. C. Escher
Year	1957
Type	Lithograph
Dimensions	31 cm × 31 cm (12 in × 12 in)

Cube with Magic Ribbons is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in 1957. It depicts two interlocking bands wrapped around the frame of a cube. The cube framework by itself is perfectly possible but the interlocking of the "magical" bands within it is impossible. This print is significant for being the first Escher drawing to use a true impossible object.

References

Ernst, Bruno (2006), "Optical Illusions", Impossible Worlds: 2 in 1 Adventures with Impossible Objects, Cologne: Taschen, ISBN 3-8228-5410-7

M. C. Escher

Works

1920s	Dolphins Tower of Babel

1930s	Castrovalva The Bridge Atrani, Coast of Amalfi Still Life with Mirror Still Life with Spherical Mirror Hand with Reflecting Sphere Regular Division of the Plane Still Life and Street Metamorphosis I Sky and Water I Sky and Water II Metamorphosis II

1940s	Reptiles Magic Mirror Three Spheres II Another World Drawing Hands Stars

1950s	Curl-up House of Stairs Puddle Gravitation Relativity Convex and Concave Three Worlds Print Gallery Cube with Magic Ribbons Belvedere Circle Limit III

1960s	Ascending and Descending Waterfall Metamorphosis III Snakes

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