Strada di Scanno

Lithographic print by M. C. Escher
Strada di Scanno
ArtistMaurits Cornelis Escher
Year1929
LocationNational Gallery of Canada[1], Ottawa

Strada di Scanno is a lithographic print by Maurits Cornelis Escher made in 1929.

Description

The lithograph depicts a street in Scanno (Vico Ciorla), it represents this village alley with a descending staircase in which there are two female figures doing work on the bobbin lace, the second is a little further away than the first...[2] In the distance it can see a mountain with trees...

Detail of the Scanno alley where Escher created the lithograph, note on the right, at the beginning of the alley itself, a copy of the lithograph itself
  • L'Abruzzo di Escher
  • Visioni: l'Abruzzo incantato di Escher Archived 2021-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

  1. ^ "Visioni: l'Abruzzo incantato di Escher". Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ Del Monaco, Luca. Progetto editoriale Claudio D'Alessandro (in Italian and English). pp. 26–27.
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