Art, literature & historyDay and Night
1938
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut in black and gray, printed from two blocks
- Dimensions
- image: 39.2 x 67.6 cm (15 7/16 x 26 5/8 in.) sheet: 49.5 x 77.3 cm (19 1/2 x 30 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1974.28.8
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Day and Night — M.C. Escher. 1938.
Medium: woodcut in black and gray, printed from two blocks.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 39.2 x 67.6 cm (15 7/16 x 26 5/8 in.) sheet: 49.5 x 77.3 cm (19 1/2 x 30 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.8. 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.