The North Carolina Museum of Art exhibit through January 17, 2016, will be The Worlds of M. C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination. Comprising approximately 125 woodcuts, lithographs, wood engravings, and mezzotints, as well as numerous drawings, watercolors, woodblocks, and lithographic stones never before exhibited, it will survey Escher’s entire career, from his earliest print to his final masterpiece. The exhibition will highlight Escher’s explorations of nature, mathematics, science, and the realm of his imagination.
Escher’s best-known prints will be on view, as well as his lesser-known portraits and Italian landscapes. It will be the most comprehensive Escher exhibition ever presented in the United States. The works are on loan from leading public Escher collections, including those at the National Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Canada, as well as several of the foremost private collections.
“This is going to be an exciting fall at the Museum—an incredibly rare opportunity for our visitors to see not only centuries-old writings and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, but also the work of M. C. Escher, another observer of nature and a perfect modern counterpart to da Vinci,” says NCMA Director Lawrence J. Wheeler.