Henry Billings

Machines and Men
1931

A black and white lithograph by M.C. Escher titled "Hand with Reflecting Sphere" from 1935, depicting a hand holding a reflective sphere in which the artist's distorted reflection and the room around him are visible. The intricate play of reflections and perspectives creates a surreal and introspective scene.

A black and white lithograph by M.C. Escher titled "Hand with Reflecting Sphere" from 1935, depicting a hand holding a reflective sphere in which the artist's distorted reflection and the room around him are visible. The intricate play of reflections and perspectives creates a surreal and introspective scene.

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Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/16 × 15 15/16in. (48.4 × 40.5 cm) Image: 14 7/8 × 13 1/8in. (37.8 × 33.3 cm)

Accession number
79.65

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

API
artworks/3593

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Henry Billings
7 works in the collection

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