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The Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelius Escher, b. June 17, 1898, d. Mar. 27,
1972, explored a strange world of optical illusion, visual puns, and distorted
perspectives in his work. He dealt with the theme of metamorphosis and change in
such prints as Verbum (1942) and Metamorphosis (1939-40),
which portray a gradual transformation of one shape into another. Escher created a visual
paradox in the lithograph Relativity (1953) by combining three separate
perspectives into a unified, coherent whole. His work has become increasingly
popular because of its unique combination of humor, logic, and meticulous
precision with visual trickery.
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