Predestination

1951

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 40.96 × 54.13 cm (16 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.) image: 29.37 × 42.07 cm (11 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1974.28.41
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Predestination — M.C. Escher. 1951.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 40.96 × 54.13 cm (16 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.) image: 29.37 × 42.07 cm (11 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.28.41. 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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