Fish

1956

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: wood engraving on laid paper
Dimensions: image: 8.1 x 8.1 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.) sheet: 15.2 x 15.4 cm (6 x 6 1/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.63
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Fish — M.C. Escher. 1956.

Medium: wood engraving on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 8.1 x 8.1 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.) sheet: 15.2 x 15.4 cm (6 x 6 1/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.63. 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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