M.C. Escher

Two Bells

1918

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
linoleum cut in brown and green, printed from one block, on light tan wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 11.1 cm (6 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Collection no.
1983.109.88
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Two Bells — M.C. Escher. 1918.

Medium: linoleum cut in brown and green, printed from one block, on light tan wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 11.1 cm (6 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.88. 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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