The White Nights Catalogue

Penrose Ladder — Black

Launch price
Rs. 999.00Rs. 799.00
Colour
Colour
Size
SMLXLXXL

In 1958, mathematician Lionel Penrose and his son Roger — who would later win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black holes — published a paper describing a staircase that went up forever and arrived back where... Read more

FitRegular Fit
Fabric180gsm combed cotton
NeckRound Neck
SleeveRegular Sleeve
PatternGraphic Print
LengthRegular
Description +
In 1958, mathematician Lionel Penrose and his son Roger — who would later win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black holes — published a paper describing a staircase that went up forever and arrived back where it started. It was geometrically impossible. Each individual section looked correct. The connections between them created a loop with no exit. When Roger Penrose had first seen M.C. Escher's impossible figures a few years earlier, he had been completely captivated. He and his father sent a copy of their paper to Escher. Escher wrote back. He had just made a lithograph inspired by the staircase — Ascending and Descending, 1960 — monks walking endlessly up and endlessly down, going nowhere forever. What the Penroses formalized and what Escher made visible was the same idea: that the rules that govern individual parts of a system can produce, collectively, something that cannot exist.
Details & care +
180gsm combed cotton · water-based inks · regular fit · machine wash cold, inside out · printed in India.
Shipping & delivery +
Free shipping over Rs. 999.00. Printed to order — dispatched within 3 working days. Replacement or refund only for manufacturing defects, wrong item, or a sizing error on our end — see our returns policy.
Size chart +
SizeChest (in)Length (in)
XS3624
S3826
M4027
L4228
XL4429
XXL4630
3XL4832

Measurements are of the garment, laid flat. Regular fit. Size up for an oversized look.

Rs. 999.00Rs. 799.00