Flatworms

1959

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: image: 33.97 × 41.59 cm (13 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.) sheet: 45.09 × 53.66 cm (17 3/4 × 21 1/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.77
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Flatworms — M.C. Escher. 1959.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 33.97 × 41.59 cm (13 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.) sheet: 45.09 × 53.66 cm (17 3/4 × 21 1/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.77. 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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