"Mysterious Island" poster
$11.95
Poster of Istvan Orosz's anamorphic print paying homage to Jules Verne. The poster shows a scene from Verne's novel "The Mysterious Island". Included is a 2" diameter mirror which reveals an astonishingly well-concealed portrait of Verne, plus 2-page description of the work and anamorphic art. Poster dimensions: 20" x 26".
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Hand with Reflecting Sphere poster
$9.95
"Hand with Reflecting Sphere" shows a self portrait of Escher in a mirrored sphere which he is holding. The original is a lithograph completed in 1935. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".
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Three Spheres II poster
$9.95
"Three Spheres II" depicts three spheres - one made of glass and half full of water, one mirrored, and one solid and unreflective. In the mirrored sphere, we can see Escher drawing the three spheres. The original is a lithograph executed in 1946. Poster dimensions: 22" x 26".
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Still Life with Spherical Mirror poster
$9.95
"Still Life with Spherical Mirror" shows a simple still life arrangement that includes a mirrored spherical jar. In the jar we can see Escher in his studio drawing the still life. The original is a lighograph executed in 1934. Poster dimensions: 22" x 26".
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Up and Down poster
$9.95
"Up and Down" uses a clever perspective grid to simultaneously show up two views of the same scene. The original is a lithograph executed in 1947. Poster dimensions: 31" x 18".
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Print Gallery poster
$9.95
"Print Gallery" is based on a very clever distorted perspective grid. This allows Escher to depict a gallery in which a print hangs that the gallery itself is part of. There is a difficultly with the center point of this design, which Escher gets around by whiting out the center and placing his signature in it. Note that prints hanging in the gallery are Escher's. The original is a lithograph executed in 1956. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".
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House of Stairs poster
$9.95
"House of Stairs" uses an unusual grid to provide a bewildering variety of perspectives of the same building, which is occupied by imaginary creatures called "curl-ups". The original was executed in 1951 as a lithograph. Poster dimensions: 31" x 18".
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Balcony poster
$9.95
"Balcony" shows a coastal scene in which the middle appears to bulge out, as if a sphere were bein pushed into a sheet of rubber. The original is a lithograph executed in 1945. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".
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