The work of Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher has long mesmerized us. In this work, featuring a repeating motif of men on horseback, Escher employs one of his favorite techniques: tessellation, in which several identical shapes are interconnected on a plane.

M.C. Escher, Horsemen, Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper, 1957, @diadetroit
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