| House of Stairs | |
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| Artist | M.C. Escher |
| Year | 1951 |
| Medium | lithograph |
| Dimensions | 18 5⁄8 in × 9 3⁄8 in |
| 47.2 cm × 23.8 cm | |
| M.C. Escher Famous Paintings | |
| The Waterfall, 1961 | |
| Relativity, 1953 | |
| Ascending and Descending, 1960 | |
| Drawing Hands, 1948 | |
| Sky and Water I, 1938 | |
| Three Worlds, 1955 | |
| House of Stairs, 1951 | |
| Belvedere, 1958 | |
| Another World, 1947 | |
| Complete Works |
House of Stairs is another lithograph print by M.C. Escher, a Dutch artist that came up with really interesting works of art that inspire one to look into the details and think beyond what the eye can see. House of Stairs was first printed in the year 1951 and it is black and white.
In it one can see the interior of a very tall structure full of stairs and doorways. There are 46 creatures crawling up and down the stairs. These lizard-like creatures were created by Escher and they are referred to as “wentelteefje.”
Theme
The theme of this print is, once again, the defying of logic, as there are so many impossibilities in it if one looks closely and thinks shrewdly.
Techniques
Escher makes use of geometry in most of his prints, and in this case he uses several rectangles to make the stairs and walls.