M.C. Escher (1898-1972) - "Möbius Strip II "(Red Ants) (1963)

Author: Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Title: Möbius Strip II (Red Ants) (1963)
Size: 55 x 65cm
Copyright: The M.C. Escher Company - Baarn - The Netherlands.
Offset print, made on 180g matt paper. Displays a vivid and sharp image quality.
Just the right size to frame. Impressive effect when framed.
Shipping in a rigid tube via certified express mail.
It is possible to collect more than one object, from the same auction, in the same shipment.

Escher became fascinated by the Möbius strip — a surface with only one side and one edge — after reading about topology and seeing physical models of it. In this work he depicts a band of red ants walking endlessly along the strip, making this paradoxical property vividly visible. It’s said that Escher used to make small paper Möbius strips himself before drawing them in order to better understand their three-dimensional structure.