Christies: M.C. Escher: The Art of Infinity Featuring Prints and Drawings Sold to Benefit the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation ONLINE AUCTION, 24220, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 22, 2025 - July 22, 2025
Page Size: 65 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Concentric Rinds (Concentric Space Filling/Regular Sphere Division)

 1953 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 302,400.00
52 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Tetrahedral Planetoid

 1954 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 81,900.00
53 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Relativity

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 504,000.00
54 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Convex and Concave

 1955 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 75,600.00
55 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Rind

 1955 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 81,900.00
56 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Depth

 1955 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 113,400.00
57 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Bond of Union

 1956 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 63,000.00
58 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Print Gallery

 1956 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 176,400.00
59 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Belvedere

 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 176,400.00
60 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Belvedere

 1958 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 138,600.00
61 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Flatworms

 1959 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 69,300.00
62 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Waterfall

 1961 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 176,400.00
63 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Ascending and Descending

 1960 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 378,000.00
64 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Ascending and Descending

 1960 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 138,600.00
65 MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER (1898-1972)

Metamorphosis III: one print

 1967-1968 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 88,200.00
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