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A print on an older document with Latin texts. A large cluster of grapes hangs centrally. Three faces are sketched across the bottom, and a rectangular emblem containing an eye inside a triangle sits in the top right.
Oratio
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Oratio

Artist Jiri Anderle (Czech, born 1936)
Date1987
MediumSoft ground etching on an old book page
Dimensions12 x 16 in., (30.5 x 40.6 cm,)
Mat: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.65
Collections
Visual DescriptionA print on an older document with Latin texts. A large cluster of grapes hangs centrally. Three faces are sketched across the bottom, and a rectangular emblem containing an eye inside a triangle sits in the top right.
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Jiri Anderle
1987
A print in two sections. The top shows a draped woman holding a child who grasps a cluster of grapes. The bottom displays a sequence of overlapping profile faces that progressively tilt upward from left to right.
Gloria
Jiri Anderle
1988
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 monochrome print of a seated woman wearing a textured dress with a ruffled neckline. Below her are illustrations of a cluster of grapes, a round fruit, an open-winged butterfly, and a small bird.
Adagio pour Marquise de Pompadour
Jiri Anderle
1988
A print of a man with dark hair, head tilted slightly upward, holding a large woven basket overflowing with grapes and round fruits. The person's arms cradle the bottom of the basket, with draped fabric visible near the lower right. Based on Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio.
Ragazzo con Canestro di Frutta
Jiri Anderle
1982
A print of a person with voluminous hair holding a lute. Sheet music is draped below the instrument. To the right is a vase filled with flowers and a small pile of fruit, including pears and grapes. After a painting by Caravaggio
Lute Player
Jiri Anderle
1982
A print of a man in an 18th-century wig and cravat. A dense arrangement of large flowers, grapes, and peaches floats above his head, accompanied by two butterflies on the left and a perched bird on the right.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Jiri Anderle
1988
A brown monochrome print featuring a portrait of a person with a large, curly wig holding a book. Above the portrait are illustrations of a peach, a halved peach, a butterfly, and a bunch of grapes.
L'Estro Armonico
Jiri Anderle
1988
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 featuring a large portrait of a spectacled, curly-haired man beside a fainter woman's face. Above them are a sketched landscape with a dark tree, a large lilac flower cluster, and a butterfly.
Gefror'ne Tranen
Jiri Anderle
1988
A print on a vintage map of the Atlantic Ocean with two large, sketched faces looking at each other. An older, lined face is drawn on the left, and a younger, smooth face is on the right.
Two Women Among Three Continents
Jiri Anderle
1986
A print of a nude, winged figure standing in profile and holding a covered goblet. The figure i sketched directly over an antique printed document featuring cursive handwriting, stamps, and formal text. After the print, Nemesis (The Great Fortune), by Albrecht Dürer.
Fortune and Protokoll 21.2.1895
Jiri Anderle
1985

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