Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror

1950

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions: image (diameter): 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.) sheet: 12.4 x 12.3 cm (4 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.77
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror — M.C. Escher. 1950.

Medium: woodcut on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image (diameter): 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.) sheet: 12.4 x 12.3 cm (4 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.77. 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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