Magic mirror is a lithograph print by the dutch artist m c escher first printed in january 1946 it depicts a mirror standing vertically on wooden supports on a tiled surface the perspective is looking down at an angle at the right hand side of the mirror there is a sphere at each side of the mirror. His lithograph magic mirror dates as far back as 1946 in taking that title for this book mathematician bruno ernst is stressing the magic spell eschers work invariably casts on those who see it ernst visited escher every week for a year systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of escher ernsts account was meticulously scrutinized and made accurate by the . The magic mirror is a fascinating narrative of eschers life and work written by a mathematician who criticized his work at first but became an admirer and friend of escher after that bruno ernst tells us about eschers youth his failed schooling the time he spent in italy switzerland and back in the netherlands his work in chronological order and the math behind his masterpieces. Long before the first computer generated 3 d images escher was a master of the third dimension his lithograph magic mirror dates as far back as 1946 by taking such a title for the book mathematician bruno ernst stressed the enrapturing spell eschers work invariably casts on those who see it ernst visited escher every week for a year systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him their discussions resulted in