Dolphins (M. C. Escher)

Woodcut print by M. C. Escher

Dolphins

Artist| M. C. Escher
Year| 1923
Type| Woodcut
Dimensions| 29.1 cm × 49.2 cm (11.5 in × 19.4 in)

Dolphins also known as a Dolphins in Phosphorescent Sea is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. This work was first printed in February, 1923. Escher had been fascinated by the glowing outlines of ocean waves breaking at night and this image depicts the outlines made by a school of dolphins swimming and breaching ahead of the bow of a ship. The glow was created by bioluminescent dinoflagellates. (In 1923 the difference between phosphorescence and bioluminescence was not well understood.)

## Sources

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* Lewis, J.L. (2002). The Magic of M. C. Escher. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.
* Widder, E. (2021 ). Below the Edge of Darkness. Random House ISBN 9780349011226.

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M. C. Escher

Works|

* Dolphins (1923)
* Tower of Babel (1928)
* Strada di Scanno (1929)
* Castrovalva (1930)
* The Bridge (1930)
* Atrani, Coast of Amalfi (1931)
* Still Life with Mirror (1934)
* Still Life with Spherical Mirror (1934)
* Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)
* Regular Division of the Plane (1936)
* Still Life and Street (1937)
* Metamorphosis I (1937)
* Day and Night (1938)
* Sky and Water I (1938)
* Sky and Water II (1938)
* Metamorphosis II (1939-1940)
* Reptiles (1943)
* Magic Mirror (1946)
* Three Spheres II (1946)
* Another World (1947)
* Drawing Hands (1948)
* Stars (1948)
* Double Planetoid (1949)
* Curl-up (1951)
* House of Stairs (1951)
* Puddle (1952)
* Dragon (1952)
* Gravitation (1952)
* Relativity (1953)
* Convex and Concave (1955)
* Three Worlds (1955)
* Print Gallery (1956)
* Cube with Magic Ribbons (1957)
* Belvedere (1958)
* Circle Limit III (1959)
* Ascending and Descending (1960)
* Waterfall (1961)
* Metamorphosis III (1967-1968)
* Snakes (1969)

Museums|

* Escher in the Palace

Related|

* Escher in popular culture
* George Arnold Escher (father)
* Berend George Escher (brother)
* Mathematics and art
* Video games inspired by Escher
* Adventures in Perception (1971 documentary)
* Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979 book)
* M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990 book)
* Symmetry aspects of M. C. Escher's periodic drawings (1965 book)

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