Metamorphosis I

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artwork printmaking work woodcut print

Metamorphosis I is a 1937 woodcut print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher that explores gradual visual transformations between geometric patterns and recognizable figures in a continuous, tessellated composition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Metamorphosis II	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artwork ⓘ printmaking work ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ
artForm	print ⓘ
artist	M. C. Escher NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette	black and white ⓘ
compositionType	continuous frieze ⓘ
copyrightStatus	copyrighted ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Netherlands ⓘ
createdIn	1937 ⓘ
creator	M. C. Escher NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality	Dutch ⓘ
depicts	geometric patterns ⓘ gradual transformations ⓘ recognizable figures ⓘ tessellations ⓘ
followedBy	Metamorphosis II NERFINISHED ⓘ Metamorphosis III NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	graphic art ⓘ mathematical art ⓘ
hasDimension	horizontal format ⓘ
hasPart	geometric motif transitions ⓘ tessellated composition ⓘ
hasStyle	Escheresque ⓘ
inception	1937 ⓘ
influencedBy	Islamic geometric patterns ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
languageOfText	none ⓘ
mainSubject	infinity ⓘ symmetry ⓘ visual transformation ⓘ
medium	woodcut ⓘ
movement	Op art ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ
notableFor	continuous metamorphosis of forms ⓘ mathematical structure ⓘ use of tessellation ⓘ
publicationYear	1937 ⓘ
series	Metamorphosis series NERFINISHED ⓘ
technique	relief printing ⓘ
theme	order and chaos ⓘ perception ⓘ transformation in art ⓘ
uses	figure–ground ambiguity ⓘ interlocking shapes ⓘ

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M. C. Escher → notableWork → Metamorphosis I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metamorphosis II