Sengela MaltaPoster con cornice

Sengela Malta is a woodcut by MC Escher, and the old Maltese buildings sit low and heavy across the middle of the sheet. The eye enters at the left, where the rooflines begin, then moves right along the stacked stone fronts. A wide, empty sky is left above them.

The framed poster has a clear edge in white, wood, dark wood or black. A dark wood edge holds the black carved lines tight, so the pale sky above reads as one calm field.

In a dining room, it hangs on the wall behind the table. From the doorway you see the dark mass of rooftops first, then the empty sky above.