House of Stairs
Lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher
18+5⁄8 in × 9+3⁄8 in) House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in November 1951. This print measures 47 cm × 24 cm (18+5⁄8 in × 9+3⁄8 in). It depicts the interior of a tall structure crisscrossed with stairs and doorways.
A total of 46 wentelteefje (imaginary creatures created by Escher) are crawling on the stairs. The wentelteefje has a long, armored body with six legs, humanoid feet, a parrot-like beak and eyes on stalks. Some are seen to roll in through doors, wound in a wheel shape and then unroll to crawl up the stairs, while others crawl down stairs and wind up to roll out. The wentelteefje first appeared earlier the same month in the lithograph Curl-up. Later that month, House of Stairs was extended to a vertical length of 141 cm (55+1⁄2 in) in a print titled House of Stairs II by repeating and mirroring some of the architecture and creatures.[1]
References
- ^ Del Re, Sonia (November 29, 2018). "Stepping Stones: Expanding the Otherworldly Universe of M.C. Escher". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
Sources
- Locher, J. L. (2000). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.
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M. C. Escher
- Dolphins (1923)
- Tower of Babel (1928)
- Castrovalva (1930)
- The Bridge (1930)
- Atrani, Coast of Amalfi (1931)
- Still Life with Mirror (1934)
- Still Life with Spherical Mirror (1934)
- Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)
- Regular Division of the Plane (1936)
- Still Life and Street (1937)
- Metamorphosis I (1937)
- Day and Night (1938)
- Sky and Water I (1938)
- Sky and Water II (1938)
- Metamorphosis II (1939-1940)
- Reptiles (1943)
- Magic Mirror (1946)
- Three Spheres II (1946)
- Another World (1947)
- Drawing Hands (1948)
- Stars (1948)
- Double Planetoid (1949)
- Curl-up (1951)
- House of Stairs (1951)
- Puddle (1952)
- Dragon (1952)
- Gravitation (1952)
- Relativity (1953)
- Convex and Concave (1955)
- Three Worlds (1955)
- Print Gallery (1956)
- Cube with Magic Ribbons (1957)
- Belvedere (1958)
- Circle Limit III (1959)
- Ascending and Descending (1960)
- Waterfall (1961)
- Metamorphosis III (1967-1968)
- Snakes (1969)
- Escher in popular culture
- George Arnold Escher (father)
- Berend George Escher (brother)
- Mathematics and art
- Video games inspired by Escher
- Adventures in Perception (1971 documentary)
- Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979 book)
- M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990 book)
- Symmetry aspects of M. C. Escher's periodic drawings (1965 book)
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