Horses and Birds

1949

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: wood engraving on wove paper
Dimensions: image: 8.7 x 7.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 13/16 in.) sheet: 14.4 x 13.8 cm (5 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.75
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Horses and Birds — M.C. Escher. 1949.

Medium: wood engraving on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 8.7 x 7.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 13/16 in.) sheet: 14.4 x 13.8 cm (5 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.75. 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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