Henry Billings

Machines and Men
1931

A black and white lithograph by M.C. Escher titled "Drawing Hands" from 1948, depicting a paradox where two hands are drawing each other into existence in a continuous loop. The hands emerge from the cuffs of a shirt and are highly detailed, with the left hand drawing the right and vice versa, creating an optical illusion.
A black and white lithograph by M.C. Escher titled "Drawing Hands" from 1948, depicting a paradox where two hands are drawing each other into existence in a continuous loop. The hands emerge from the cuffs of a shirt and are highly detailed, with the left hand drawing the right and vice versa, creating an optical illusion.

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Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 17 × 19 3/16in. (43.2 × 48.7 cm) Image: 14 1/4 × 15 13/16in. (36.2 × 40.2 cm)

Accession number
79.61

Series
Machines and Men

Edition
Ed. 20

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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