Editing Still Life with Spherical Mirror

{{Short description|Print by M. C. Escher}}
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| image_file=StillLifewSphericalMirror.jpg
| title=Still Life with Spherical Mirror
| artist=[[M. C. Escher]]
| year=1934
| type=[[Lithograph]]y
| height_metric=28.6
| width_metric=32.6
| metric_unit=cm
| imperial_unit=in
}}
'''''Still Life with Spherical Mirror''''' is a [[lithograph]]y print by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] artist [[M. C. Escher]] first printed in November 1934. It depicts a setting with rounded bottle and a metal sculpture of a bird with a human face seated atop a newspaper and a book. The background is dark, but in the bottle can be seen the reflection of Escher's studio and Escher himself sketching the scene.

Self-portraits in reflective spherical surfaces can be found in Escher's early ink drawings and in his prints as late as the 1950s. The metal bird/human sculpture is real and was given to Escher by his father-in-law. This sculpture appears again in Escher's later prints ''Another World Mezzotint (Other World Gallery)'' (1946) and ''[[Another World (M. C. Escher)|Another World]]'' (1947).

==See also==
*[[Printmaking]]

==Sources==
*Locher, J. L. (2000). ''The Magic of M. C. Escher''. [[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]] {{ISBN|0-8109-6720-0}}.

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[[Category:Works by M. C. Escher]]
[[Category:1934 paintings]]
[[Category:Mirrors in art]]
[[Category:Lithographs]]