Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) - embossed metal
candy tin with sea shell and starfish design
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M. C. Escher was asked by the United Tin Can Producers to
design a special box to commemorate the seventy fifth
anniversary of the company in 1963. The artist did not find
this a very exciting challenge - decorating a chocolate box.
So he thought about it and offered to design a twenty sided
box, based on twelve starfish - their five arms -
covering the five junctions between five adjoining
triangular sides within twelve of these sets of the
icosahedron.
The chocolate tin was produced on the occasion of
the 75 year celebration of the Vereenigde Blik Fabrikanten
(United Tin Can Producers), as a
gift to valued costumers.
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