Fish

1941

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut in three tones of gray-green, printed from three blocks
Dimensions: image: 50.8 x 38.3 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.) sheet: 62.1 x 46.5 cm (24 7/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.13
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Fish — M.C. Escher. 1941.

Medium: woodcut in three tones of gray-green, printed from three blocks.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 50.8 x 38.3 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.) sheet: 62.1 x 46.5 cm (24 7/16 x 18 5/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.13. 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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