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Collection Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Contact Information |
M.C. Escher Correspondence:
Finding Aid
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Collection Summary
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Title: |
M.C. Escher correspondence. |
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Dates: |
- 1958-1972. |
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Quantity: |
- 3.4 cm of textual records. |
Biographical Sketch
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), Dutch
graphic artist, is well-known for his woodcuts, wood engravings and lithographs
which play with the laws of perspective and gravity. M.C. Escher wrote
regularly to his eldest son, George Escher (1926- ), an aeronautics engineer,
after George and his wife immigrated to Canada in 1958.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The correspondence consists of photocopies
of letters, in Dutch, written by M.C. Escher to his son George, to George's
wife, Corrie, and to the couple's two children, Juliet (1960- ) and Kathleen
(1963- ). There is also a letter written by Escher's youngest son Jan to
George Escher, as well as several letters addressed by M.C. Escher to various
other individuals, all of which are included in the collection to provide
narrative continuity. The letters discuss Escher's work, including current
projects, collaborative books on his art, the sale of his prints, and the
production of various films on his life (including the CBC production,
Man at the Center (1969)). The letters also make reference to the
artist's health, his family and friends, his personal reading, current
events and the celebrities, political officials and academics who came
into contact with Escher over the course of his career (including F.D.
Roosevelt (1882-1945), Stanley Kubrick ( -1999) and Dr. Arthur L. Loeb).
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of collection.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of
Canada by George Escher, 1991.
Location of originals: The original correspondence, together with the
greater part of M.C. Escher's archive, are in the Haags Gemeentemuseum,
The Hague.
Language: Correspondence has been translated into English and these
translations are housed with the collection.
General note: George Escher also donated over 160 original prints by
M.C. Escher to the National Gallery of Canada in 1990.
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Index Terms
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Names: |
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Escher, Maurits Cornelis, 1898-1972 |
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Letters. |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
M.C. Escher correspondence, Library and
Archives, National Gallery of Canada.
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Contact Information
Cyndie Campbell
Head, Archives, Documentation and Visual
Resources
Library and Archives
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
P.O. Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4
T 613-990-0597
F 613-990-9818
ccampbel@gallery.ca
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