Birth announcement card of Arthur Escher

1928

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut in four colors on gray wove paper
Dimensions: image: 13.8 x 7.6 cm (5 7/16 x 3 in.) sheet: 16 x 11 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.60
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Birth announcement card of Arthur Escher — M.C. Escher. 1928.

Medium: woodcut in four colors on gray wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 13.8 x 7.6 cm (5 7/16 x 3 in.) sheet: 16 x 11 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.60. 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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