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| | World of Escher Gallery - House of Stairs, 1951 |
 | | On the stairs in the top right hand corner, the distinction between ascending and descending has been eliminated, for two rows of animals are moving side by side, yet one row is going up and the other down. |
 | | In the middle of the fat, round head, which has a sharply curved parrot beak, there are two protruding eyes, set on stalks and sticking out from either side of the head. |
 | | However, as soon as it has to travel any distance along a relatively clear path, it pushes down its head, curls up as fast as lightning, pushing off with its feet, if these are still touching the ground. |
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