File:DrawingHands.jpg

Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher, 1948, Lithograph.

Scanned from The Magic of M. C. Escher. (Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-6720-0) by Justin Foote (talk).

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