Three Worlds

 
Escher in The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher notes just that “this picture of a woodland pond is made up of three elements: the autumn leaves which show the receding surface of the water, the reflection of three trees in the background and, in the foreground, the fish seen through the clear water.”  And in The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher, Bruno Ernst quotes the artist, “I was walking over a little bridge in the woods at Baarn, and there it was right before my eyes.  I simply had to make a print of it!  The title emerged directly from the scene itself.  I returned home and started straight away on the drawing.”
 
This beautiful work is available.