Gravitation (M. C. Escher)
- Gravitation (M. C. Escher)
Artwork
title=Gravitation
artist=M. C. Escher
year=1952
type=lithograph and watercolor
height=29.7
width=29.7
"Gravitation" (also known as "Gravity") is a mixed media work by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was completed in June, 1952. It was first printed as a black-and-white lithograph and then coloured by hand in watercolour.
It depicts a nonconvex regular polyhedron known as the small stellated dodecahedron. Each side of the polygon has a semi-rectangular doorway. Out of these doorways protrude the heads and legs of twelve turtles without shells, who are using the object as a common shell. The turtles are in six coloured pairs with each turtle directly opposite its counterpart. The six colours are red, orange, yellow, magenta, brown and indigo.
ee also
*Printmaking
ources
*Locher, J.L. (2000). "The Magic of M. C. Escher". Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.
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