House of Stairs

1951

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: image: 46.99 × 23.81 cm (18 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 59.69 × 35.56 cm (23 1/2 × 14 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.44
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

House of Stairs — M.C. Escher. 1951.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 46.99 × 23.81 cm (18 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 59.69 × 35.56 cm (23 1/2 × 14 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.44. 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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