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A print with a large face gazing forward in the top left, holding a faintly outlined infant with an outstretched arm. On the right, a heavyset, wide-eyed bald man holds a tiny dangling figure in his fist. Faint outlines of other figures fill the lower area including a woman running with an infant in her arms.
Bestia Triumfans I
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bestia Triumfans I

Artist Jiri Anderle (Czech, born 1936)
Date1984
MediumSoft ground and drypoint
Dimensions26 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (66.7 x 48.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.45
Collections
Visual DescriptionA print with a large face gazing forward in the top left, holding a faintly outlined infant with an outstretched arm. On the right, a heavyset, wide-eyed bald man holds a tiny dangling figure in his fist. Faint outlines of other figures fill the lower area including a woman running with an infant in her arms.
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