Self-Portrait in a Chair

1920

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut on tan paper
Dimensions: image: 19.5 x 16.8 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.3 x 19.7 cm (9 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.7
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait in a Chair — M.C. Escher. 1920.

Medium: woodcut on tan paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 19.5 x 16.8 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.3 x 19.7 cm (9 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.7. 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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