Dutch artist known for his art featuring mathematically related themes. His work features impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, tessellations, and non-Euclidean geometry. Escher's artwork often contained mathematical objects including, polyhedra like the stellated dodecahedron and the Moebius strip. Much of his work features aspects of symmetry including all 17 wallpaper groups.
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Currency
First Day Covers
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Netherlands, 6c, 1935 Scott: B81 SP68 |
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Netherlands Antilles, 6c, 1949 Scott: 206 A42 |
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Netherlands Antilles, 25c, 1949 Scott: 207 A42 |
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Netherlands, 10c, 1949 Scott: 323 A78 |
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Netherlands, 29c, 1949 Scott: 324 A78 |
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Austria, 4s, 1981 Scott: 1187 A585 |
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Netherlands, 80c, 1998 Scott: 1004 A378 |