Drawing Hands

1948

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: image: 28.2 x 33.3 cm (11 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 41 x 42 cm (16 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.32
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details

M.C. Escher. Drawing Hands. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

About this artwork

Drawing Hands — M.C. Escher. 1948.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 28.2 x 33.3 cm (11 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 41 x 42 cm (16 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.32. 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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