Dolphins (M. C. Escher)
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{{Artwork
| image_file=Escher,_Dolphins.jpg
| title=Dolphins
| artist=M. C. Escher
| year=[[1923]]
| type=[[Woodcut]]
| height=29.1
| width=49.2}}
'''''Dolphins''''' also known as '''''Dolphins in Phosphorescent Sea''''' is a [[woodcut]] print by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] artist [[M. C. Escher]]. This work was first printed in February, [[1923]]. Escher had been fascinated by the glowing outlines of ocean waves breaking at night and this image depicts the outlines made by a school of dolphins swimming and breaching ahead of the bow of a ship. The glow was created by bioluminescent dinoflagellates.
==Sources==
*Locher, J.L. (2000). ''The Magic of M. C. Escher''. [[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]] ISBN 0-8109-6720-0.
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[[Category:Works by M. C. Escher]]