Escher Correspondence in the Roosevelt Collection

The author discusses some of the written correspondence between M. C. Escher and Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt, as well as examples of Escher’s correspondence with others that Roosevelt assembled as a collector of Escher memorabilia. This collection offers explanations of Escher’s methods of print reproduction and reveals the sources of some of his ideas for his circle limit reproductions, symmetric designs and ‘impossible’ figures. The Cornelius Roosevelt Collection is in the National Gallery of Art Library in Washington, D.C.