Order and Chaos

1955

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 38.1 × 26.51 cm (15 × 10 7/16 in.) image: 26.67 × 26.67 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.60
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Order and Chaos — M.C. Escher. 1955.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 38.1 × 26.51 cm (15 × 10 7/16 in.) image: 26.67 × 26.67 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.60. 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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