Art, literature & historyLife Force
1919
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- linoleum cut
- Dimensions
- image: 43.3 x 42 cm (17 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.) sheet (irregular): 61.5 x 51.6 cm (24 3/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1983.109.6
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Life Force — M.C. Escher. 1919.
Medium: linoleum cut.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 43.3 x 42 cm (17 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.) sheet (irregular): 61.5 x 51.6 cm (24 3/16 x 20 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.6. 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.