Encounter

1944

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: image: 34.29 × 46.99 cm (13 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 45.72 × 58.1 cm (18 × 22 7/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.17
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Encounter — M.C. Escher. 1944.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 34.29 × 46.99 cm (13 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 45.72 × 58.1 cm (18 × 22 7/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.17. Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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