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Contrast (Order and Chaos) by Maurits Cornelis Escher — VisualArtsDB

Contrast (Order and Chaos)

Contrast (Order and Chaos)

Maurits Cornelis Escher

1950

Medium: Lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27 × 27 cm (10 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 36.7 × 37.4 cm (14 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)
Genre: Lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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