Art, literature & historyDesign for writing-paper for Chinese script
1944
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut in brown and ochre, printed from two blocks
- Collection no.
- 1974.28.18
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Design for writing-paper for Chinese script — M.C. Escher. 1944.
Medium: woodcut in brown and ochre, printed from two blocks.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): .
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.18. 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.