Waves

1918

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: linoleum cut in brown on light tan wove paper
Dimensions: image: 7.1 x 17.2 cm (2 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.6 x 22.2 cm (6 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.101
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Waves — M.C. Escher. 1918.

Medium: linoleum cut in brown on light tan wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 7.1 x 17.2 cm (2 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.6 x 22.2 cm (6 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.101. 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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