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Hand with Reflecting Sphere also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) which was first printed in January, 1935. The piece depicts a hand holding a reflective sphere. In the reflection the hand holding the sphere is revealed to be Escher’s. Download high resolution version (567x850, 57 KB)Hand with Reflecting Sphere (Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror), by M. C. Escher. ...
Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
Lithography stone and mirror-image print of a map of Munich. ...
Lithography stone and mirror-image print of a map of Munich. ...
Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
Self portraits in reflective, spherical surfaces are common in Escher’s work, however this image is the most prominent and famous example. In most other self portraits of this type Escher is in the act of drawing the sphere, however, in this image he is seated in a library or study passively gazing into the sphere. On the walls there are several framed pictures, one of which appears to be of an Indonesian shadow puppet. Shadow play A shadow play is an ancient form of story-telling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. ...
Popular culture In the movie Labyrinth (which also has a reference to another Escher's work Relativity), Jareth, The Goblin King offers Sarah a crystal (which magically appears in his hand) and says 'If you turn it this way, look into it, it will show you your dreams'. The mirror property of crystals in Labyrinth is most clearly seen during the ballroom scene, when Sarah is trapped in her dreamlike fantasy and runs to the wall, which looks like a huge mirror and shows her a distorted reflection. "The filmmakers acknowledged several influences, including...the works of M. C. Escher" cited at Labyrinth (film) Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud. ...
Relativity, a M. C. Escher lithograph print Relativity is a famous lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in December, 1953. ...
Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud. ...
The original Magic: The Gathering card Icy Manipulator, is an homage to the Hand with Reflecting Sphere. Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ...
See also Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. ...
Still Life with Spherical Mirror is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in November, 1934. ...
Three Spheres II is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in April, 1946. ...
Lithography stone and mirror-image print of a map of Munich. ...
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. ...
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