Hand with Reflecting Sphere, also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror, is a lithograph by Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in January 1935. The piece depicts a hand holding a reflective sphere.

A shelf hangs on the wall behind the man, and pictures hang above and below the single row of books. The print has a grainy, speckled look, as if drawn with charcoal on textured paper. The print is signed in the lower left corner, under the printed image: “MC Escher no 13/30.”

Hand with Reflecting Sphere is not just a self-portrait. In this lithograph, Escher is combining two realities: one from direct observation and one in the mirror. The print shows Escher’s right hand, which is holding a mirrored sphere (reversed by the litho print so that it looks like a left hand).

2015年12月6日 · Hand With Reflecting Sphere is a lithograph of a man (Escher himself) holding a clear crystal ball on his finger tips. The crystal distortedly reflects all of Escher's surroundings in the room, and while he is observing himself, he is also observing everything behind him.

In this article, I will explain how my total environment "six point perspective" paintings on spheres (and polyhedra) are connected to Escher's interests. The mirrored ball, I believe, gave Escher insight into the concept of infinity. One of the most important reasons he made studies with a mirrored ball was to figure. Fig. 1. M.e.

M.C. Escher was fascinated with the idea that a mirrored ball almost captures the full sweep of visual space in all directions. Many of Escher’s works show his interest in reflected images in a mirrored ball: St. Bavo’s Haarlem [2, p. 137], Still Life...

2011年5月25日 · Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘Hand with Reflecting Sphere’ was created in 1935 by M.C. Escher in Surrealism style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

2022年9月4日 · His Explosion Spheres are mirror balls on steroids: explosions of reflections in which he blows liquid glass through a thin metal net, thereby creating a ‘frozen explosion’. It is difficult to control this burst of bubbles, so each sphere is …

2024年1月23日 · In this lithograph, Escher portrays himself from above looking down at a handheld glass sphere. The sphere reflects a miniature upside-down image of Escher’s face and surroundings.

The piece shows a hand holding a reflective ball that shows Escher himself staring at the ball with the room surrounding him. The work only uses black and white values instead of color to depict the form of the ball and the manner in which the room is reflected on the ball.