Dolphins (M. C. Escher)

Dolphins

Artist	M. C. Escher
Year	1923
Type	Woodcut
Dimensions	29.1 cm × 49.2 cm (11.5 in × 19.4 in)

Dolphins also known as a Dolphins in Phosphorescent Sea is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. This work was first printed in February, 1923. Escher had been fascinated by the glowing outlines of ocean waves breaking at night and this image depicts the outlines made by a school of dolphins swimming and breaching ahead of the bow of a ship. The glow was created by bioluminescent dinoflagellates.

Sources

Lewis, J.L. (2002). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.

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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