The Impossible Arises: Oscar Reutersvärd and His Contemporaries

by Chris Mortensen

The Impossible Arises explores the life and work of Oscar Reutersv rd (1916-2002), founder of the Impossible Figures movement. The movement began in Stockholm in 1934 when eighteen-year-old Reutersv rd drew the first impossible triangle. Over the course of his life he would go on to draw around 4000 impossible figures and be honored by the Swedish government with an issue of stamps showing his work.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253062330
• ISBN13: 9780253062338
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher