Still Life and Street

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Still Life and Street

M. C. Escher, 1937

woodcut, 48.7 × 49 cm

Still Life and Street is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in March, 1937. It was his first print of an impossible reality. It depicts a desk in front of a window overlooking a street. Escher said it was one of his favorite drawings and thought he could have drawn it better.^{[citation needed]}

This image is a classic example of Escher’s plays on perspective. In it, the horizontal plane of the desk continues into the distance to become the street and the rows of books on the desk are seen to lean against the tall buildings that line the street.

[edit] See also

• Printmaking

[edit] Sources

• Locher, J.L. (2000). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.