Self-Portrait

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph on gray paper
Dimensions: image: 25.9 x 20.5 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 34.7 x 24.7 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1973.65.19
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait — M.C. Escher. 1929.

Medium: lithograph on gray paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 25.9 x 20.5 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 34.7 x 24.7 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1973.65.19. 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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