Self-Portrait

1918

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: linoleum cut in two browns, printed from two blocks, on brown paper
Dimensions: image: 14.3 x 11.4 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 19.1 x 15.4 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.110.3
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait — M.C. Escher. 1918.

Medium: linoleum cut in two browns, printed from two blocks, on brown paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 14.3 x 11.4 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 19.1 x 15.4 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.110.3. Seymour and Iris Schwartz 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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