The essence of Table 3 is not of simply listing Escher's 137 periodic drawings, but rather that of determining what Escher did to border his tessellations, or otherwise. On occasions, he chose not to have a border line, with the edges of the tile determined by colour alone of the motif. Ideally, this would be a simple listing, but various factors militate about this: Revised working, where the revision has obliterated the original e.g.No.54, of October 1942 and April 1963 'Instructional' tessellation, e.g. 136 Imprecise outline The following key applies: Colour. Motifs defined as by their colour alone, without an 'extraneous' border line. Included in this category are black and white Outlined. Motifs with a decided outline (albeit of different thickness), with a black line by default, with occasionally a different colour, as stated Unclassified. Occasionally, it is not possible to place easily into the above categories. These I term as 'unclassified'.
|
No
|
Common name as given by
Doris Schattschneider
|
Date
|
Border
|
|
1
|
Doglike ‘Lion’
|
1926 or ‘27
|
Colour
|
|
2
|
Lion
|
1926 or ‘27
|
Colour
|
|
3
|
Weightlifter
|
December 1936
|
Colour
|
|
4
|
Chinese Boy
|
December 1936
|
Colour
|
|
5
|
Strongman
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
6
|
Camel
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
7
|
Squirrel
|
October 1936
|
Colour
|
|
8
|
Horse
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
9
|
Bird
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
10
|
Fish
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
11
|
Sea Horse
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
12
|
Butterfly
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
13
|
Dragonfly
|
1937-‘38
|
Colour
|
|
14
|
Lizard
|
November 1937
|
Colour
|
|
15
|
Lizard
|
November 1937
|
Two Versions
|
|
16
|
Greyhound
|
Beginning 1938
|
Colour
|
|
17
|
Eagle
|
Beginning 1938
|
Colour
|
|
18
|
Two Birds
|
February 1938
|
Outline
|
|
19
|
Bird
|
February 1938
|
Colour
|
|
20
|
Fish
|
March 1938
|
Outline
|
|
21
|
Imp
|
May 1938
|
Uncertain
|
|
22
|
Bird/Fish
|
June 1938
|
Outline
|
|
23
|
Bird
|
July 1938
|
Colour
|
|
24
|
Bird/ Fish
|
November 1938
|
Colour
|
|
25
|
Reptile
|
January 1939
|
Colour
|
|
26
|
Bird/Bug
|
November 1938
|
Colour
|
|
27
|
Insect/Fish
|
March 1938
|
Colour
|
|
28
|
Three Birds
|
November 1938
|
Colour
|
|
29
|
Bird/Fish
|
December 1939
|
Colour
|
|
30
|
Fish/Boat
|
March 1940
|
Colour
|
|
31
|
Fish
|
April 1940
|
Colour
|
|
32
|
Fish
|
April 1940
|
Colour
|
|
33
|
Lizard
|
December 1940
|
Colour
|
|
34
|
Bird/Fish
|
March 1941
|
Colour
|
|
34A
|
Bird/Fish
|
March 1941
|
Colour
|
|
34B
|
Bird/Fish
|
c.1941 March
|
Colour
|
|
35
|
Lizard
|
July 1941
|
Unclassified
|
|
36
|
Snake
|
July 1941
|
Colour
|
|
37
|
Beetles
|
July 1941
|
Colour
|
|
38
|
Butterflies
|
July1941
|
Colour
|
|
39
|
Bugs
|
July 1941
|
Unclassified
|
|
40
|
Crabs
|
July 1941
|
Colour
|
|
41
|
Fish
|
July 1941
|
Unclassified
|
|
42
|
Shells and Starfish
|
August1941
|
Colour
|
|
43
|
Flowers/Leaves
|
August 1941
|
Colour
|
|
44
|
Bird
|
December 1941
|
Outline
|
|
45
|
Angel-Devil
|
(December) 1941
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
46
|
Fish
|
May 1942
|
Colour
|
|
47
|
Two Birds
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
48
|
Bird/Fish
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
49
|
Two Fish
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
50
|
Fish/Frog
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
51
|
Frog
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
52
|
Frog/Bird
|
July 1942
|
Colour
|
|
53
|
Two Clowns
|
September 1942
|
Colour (Black/Red)
|
|
54
|
Two Insects*
|
October 1942
|
Unclassified
|
|
55
|
Fish
|
November 1942
|
Colour
|
|
56
|
Lizard
|
November 1942
|
Colour
|
|
57
|
Fish
|
November 1942
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
58
|
Two Fish
|
November 1942
|
Colour
|
|
59
|
Two Fish
|
November1942
|
Colour
|
|
60
|
Two Lizards
|
December 1942
|
Colour
|
|
61
|
Two Creatures
|
January 1944
|
Colour
|
|
62
|
Devil
|
January 1944
|
Colour
|
|
63
|
Pessimist/Optimist
|
February 1944
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
64
|
Leaf
|
August 1944
|
Unclassified
|
|
65
|
Moth
|
September 1944
|
Colour
|
|
66
|
Winged Lion
|
October 1945
|
Colour (Black/Yellow)
|
|
67
|
Horseman
|
June 1946
|
Outline
|
|
68
|
Two Reptiles
|
March 1948
|
Outline
|
|
69
|
Fish/Duck/Lizard
|
Mar 1948
|
Outline
|
|
70
|
Butterflies
|
Mar 1948
|
Outline
|
|
71
|
Twelve Birds
|
April 1948
|
Outline
|
|
72
|
Fish/Boat
|
December 1948
|
Outline (White)
|
|
73
|
Flying Fish
|
July 1949
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
74
|
Birds
|
July 1949
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
75
|
Lizard
|
July 1949
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
76
|
Horse/Bird
|
September 1949
|
Outline
|
|
76A
|
Horse/Bird
|
September 1949
|
Outline
|
|
77
|
Reptile
|
August 1949
|
Outline
|
|
78
|
Unicorn
|
October 1950
|
Outline
|
|
79
|
Butterfly
|
October 1950
|
Outline (White)
|
|
80
|
Flying Fish/Bird
|
November 1950
|
Black/White
|
|
81
|
Bat/Bird/Bee/Butterfly
|
December 1950
|
Outline
|
|
82
|
Bird/Fish
|
February 1951
|
Outline
|
|
83
|
Thirty-Six Different Motifs
|
March 1951
|
Colour (Black/White*)
|
|
84
|
Bird/Fish
|
April 1951
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
85
|
Lizard/Fish/Bat
|
April 1952
|
Colour
|
|
86
|
Bug
|
Jul 1952
|
Colour
|
|
87
|
Two Birds
|
July 1952
|
Outline
|
|
88
|
Sea Horse
|
End 1952
|
Colour
|
|
89
|
Fish
|
September 1953
|
Colour
|
|
90
|
Fish
|
September 1953
|
Colour
|
|
91
|
Beetle
|
September 1953
|
Colour
|
|
92
|
Two Birds
|
February 1954
|
Outline2
|
|
93
|
Fish
|
February 1954
|
Colour
|
|
94
|
Fish
|
August 1955
|
Outline (White)
|
|
95
|
Bird
|
August 1955
|
Outline
|
|
96
|
Swan
|
December 1955
|
Outline
|
|
97
|
Bulldog
|
December 1955
|
B&W
|
|
98
|
Reptile
|
December 1955
|
Colour
|
|
99
|
Flying Fish
|
August 1954
|
Colour
|
|
100
|
Flying Letter
|
August 1956
|
Colour
|
|
101
|
Lizard
|
September 1956
|
Outline
|
|
102
|
Ray Fish
|
March 1958
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
103
|
Fish
|
April 1959
|
Colour
|
|
104
|
Lizard
|
May 1959
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
105
|
Pegasus
|
June 1959
|
Outline
|
|
106
|
Bird
|
June 1959
|
Outline
|
|
107
|
Fish
|
Dec 1960
|
Outline
|
|
108
|
Bird
|
Jan 1961
|
Outline
|
|
109
|
Creeping Creature
|
January 1961
|
Black/White*
|
|
109II
|
Fish; Fish/Bird
|
February 1961
|
Outline
|
|
110
|
Bird/Fish
|
June 1961
|
Outline
|
|
111
|
Bird/Fish
|
January 1962
|
Outline (Sepia)
|
|
112
|
Flying Fish/Boat
|
January 1962
|
Outline (Sepia)
|
|
113
|
Fish/Boat
|
January 1962
|
Outline (Sepia)
|
|
114
|
Fish/Frog
|
January 1962
|
Outline (Sepia)
|
|
115
|
Flying Fish/Bird
|
March 1963
|
Outline
|
|
116
|
Fish
|
April 1963
|
Outline
|
|
117
|
Crab
|
April 1963
|
Outline
|
|
118
|
Lizard
|
Apr 1963
|
Outline
|
|
119
|
Fish
|
Feb 1964
|
Outline
|
|
120
|
Fish/Bird
|
May 1964
|
Black/Yellow
|
|
121
|
Fish/Bird
|
May 1964
|
Black/Yellow
|
|
122
|
Fish
|
April 1964
|
Outline
|
|
123
|
Fish
|
April 1964
|
Outline
|
|
124
|
Lizard
|
September 1965
|
Black/White
|
|
125
|
Fish
|
August 1966
|
Black/White
|
|
126
|
Fish/Bird
|
March 1967
|
Black/White
|
|
127
|
Bird
|
March 1967
|
Black/White
|
|
128
|
Bird
|
April 1967
|
Black/White
|
|
129
|
Fish/Horse
|
July 1967
|
Black/White
|
|
130
|
Fish/Horse
|
Jul 1967
|
Black/White
|
|
131
|
Pentagon with Flower
|
July 1967 | Colour (Black/White)
|
|
132
|
Flower
|
December 1967
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
133
|
Interlaced Hexagon
|
December 1967
|
Unclassified
|
|
134
|
Flower
|
December 1967
|
Unclassified
|
|
135
|
No Record
|
|
|
|
136
|
Two Tile Pairs
|
1968
|
Colour (Black/White)
|
|
137
|
Ghost
|
May 1971
|
Colour
|
2 Of different thicknesses |