Young Thrush

1917

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: linoleum cut in brown with graphite borders on ta n paper
Dimensions: image: 9.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 18.3 x 13.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.96
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Young Thrush — M.C. Escher. 1917.

Medium: linoleum cut in brown with graphite borders on ta n paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 9.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 18.3 x 13.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.96. 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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