Lithograph
32 × 21.5 cm (13 × 8 in)
Wikimedia Commons
32 × 21.5 cm (13 × 8 in)
Wikimedia Commons
Hand with Reflecting Sphere is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in 1935. It depicts the artist’s hand holding a reflective sphere in which can be seen most of the area around him, albeit compressed and distorted. The point between Escher’s eyes is at the absolute centre of the work, so whichever way he turns, he remains at the centre. “The ego is at the unshakable core of his world”.[1]
Escher was fascinated with the idea that a mirrored ball captures almost the full sweep of visual space in all directions, demonstrated in many of his other works such as Still Life with Reflecting Globe, Three Spheres II, and Dewdrop.[2]
