The card is an optical illusion but the post isn't - I'm back and ready for another couple of years, all being well.
The drawing is the fairly well-known "Drawing Hands" by MC Escher, a 20th century Dutch artist who worked mainly in lithographs and woodcuts. Many of these are well-known illusions such as Relativity, the one with people climbing impossible staircases in an impossible building. I love this one, the hands are so beautifully drawn. When I scanned the card and saw the all the detail, I decided to load a larger than normal version. It's well worth clicking on it.
The card arrived from 's-Hertogenbosch today, in perfect time for my return to blogging.
Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved this drawing. Thank you so much for posting it--I haven't seen it around in years!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back Sheila :-)
ReplyDeleteEscher is one of my favourites. I think I discovered him thanks to Windows 3.1. One of the wallpapers was based on his drawings.
Sheila!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I love my daily postcard fix and really missed you.
Superb! Thanks for sharing this one, the large version is even better and the other link.
ReplyDeleteSheila: So happy to hear you are back! Keep on posting!
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Thank you all!
ReplyDeleteI had never seen this exquisite drawing before. You are right, the attention to detail is what makes it so special.
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