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A print of a massive, heavily shaded, grimacing bald giant grasping small human figures near his mouth. To the right, several lightly drawn women react in terror; one holds a baby, one lunges forward, and another screams.
Bestia Triumfans III
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bestia Triumfans III

Artist Jiri Anderle (Czech, born 1936)
Date1984
MediumEtching, drypoint and soft-ground
Dimensions25 3/8 x 37 3/8 in. (64.5 x 94.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.46
Collections
Visual DescriptionA print of a massive, heavily shaded, grimacing bald giant grasping small human figures near his mouth. To the right, several lightly drawn women react in terror; one holds a baby, one lunges forward, and another screams.
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
Jiri Anderle
1984
A print with a large, highly detailed sketch of a heavily lined, bald elderly man's face dominates the center. It is surrounded by a grid of smaller drawn heads, varying from realistic portraits to severely distorted, fragmented, and grotesque faces.
Sunt Lacrymae Rerum II
Jiri Anderle
1984
A horizontal print of three figures. Left, a forward-facing person holds a sleeping infant. Center, a bald head in profile facing right. Right, a wrinkled elderly face overlaid with faint sketches of smaller figures.
Mutter und Kind
Jiri Anderle
1984
A print of a woman in profile holding a piece of fruit. Her face and arms are shaded; her dress is lightly outlined. To the left are a hand holding a goblet, a faint face outline, and an assortment of fruit.
D'Apres Goltzius, Geschmack
Jiri Anderle
1983
A print featuring four small portraits of men in historical armor and clothing. Below them are two large faces: an older, open-mouthed man in profile and a forward-facing youth. Faint, overlapping geometric lines overlay the entire composition.
Galerie Historique de Versailles III
Jiri Anderle
1987
A print featuring a large profile head whose cranium is replaced by a dense, complex mass of interwoven shapes and lines. Below are two realistically shaded, forward-facing portraits: a woman on the left and a man on the right.
Quid Faciemus?
Jiri Anderle
1983
A print of a man kissing the hand of a woman in a wide, elaborate gown with a red-shaded skirt. Another figure stands behind them. Faint, disembodied and distorted faces float above. Cursive text reads "Les Les adieux" at the bottom.
Les Adieux
Jiri Anderle
1985
A print with a fine-lined sketched portrait of a forward-facing person with a neutral expression. The face and neck are rendered with dense, cross-hatched shading emphasizing the eyes, while the hair and shoulders are only faintly outlined.
Cassandra
Jiri Anderle
1984
A print of a central nude woman wearing a pendant necklace, her hands resting across her torso. Faintly drawn faces surround her: a profile on the left and an older smiling face wearing a cap on the right.
La Procureuse
Jiri Anderle
1982
A print of three faces: an older figure top left, a woman with a beaded headpiece and choker on the right holding a small ring, and faintly drawn eyes peering from the lower left.
Toilette I
Jiri Anderle
1982
A print of a nude woman with hands over her chest and groin, standing beside a heavily detailed, decaying skeletal figure with exposed anatomy. Below them rests a halved pomegranate with red seeds and a cluster of grapes.
Madchen und Tod
Jiri Anderle
1983
A sketch showing a bound figure with a spiked crown in the top right, standing with two others. In the lower left, a group of men, some in caps, look up with open mouths and reach toward him. Based on the print Ecce Homo by Albrecht Durer.
Ecce Homo
Jiri Anderle
1982

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