National Galleries of Scotland employee Adeline Amar with a work by M.C. Escher ahead of a major retrospective of the artists work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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A man looks at Dutch artist M.C. Escher\'s artwork \"Hol en Bol\" made in 1955, displayed at the Escher Museum in The Hague, Netherlands. Scientists say, it was announced 15 July 2007, that they have cracked a nearly eight-decade-old riddle involving the Moebius strip, a mathematical phenomenon that has also become an icon of art. Popularised by the Dutch artist M.C. Escher, a Moebius strip entails taking a strip of paper or some other flexible material. (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
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A visitor looks at piece by world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn on August 16, 2012. (credit:ROBIN UTRECHT via Getty Images)
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A visitor looks at the crowning work, a 23-feet long design for a narrow mural called Metamorphosis III, part of the exhibit Escher in the Palace, on display in a former royal palace in downtown The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday July 30, 2003. The exhibit contains a cross-section of the works of the artist best known as M.C. Escher. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Visitors look at pieces by world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn on August 16, 2012. (credit:ROBIN UTRECHT via Getty Images)
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A National Galleries of Scotland employee with works by M.C. Escher ahead of a major retrospective of the artists work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Physicist Roger Penrose with a work by M.C. Escher ahead of a major retrospective of the artists work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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National Galleries of Scotland employees Harris Brine and Adeline Amar with a print of a work by M.C. Escher ahead of the a major retrospective of the artists work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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A visitor looks at piece by world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn on August 16, 2012. (credit:ROBIN UTRECHT via Getty Images)
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An unidentified woman takes a closer look at a lithograph Wednesday July 30, 2003, part of the exhibit Escher in the Palace, on display in a former royal palace in downtown The Hague. The exhibit contains a cross-section of the works of the artist best known as M.C. Escher. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)