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A print of a partially nude woman with her hand on her chest. She looks at a winged child standing to her left, who holds up a rectangular frame displaying a reflected face.
Capriccio
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Capriccio

Artist Jiri Anderle (Czech, born 1936)
Date1988
MediumSoft ground etching
Dimensions19 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. (48.9 x 32.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.67
Collections
Visual DescriptionA print of a partially nude woman with her hand on her chest. She looks at a winged child standing to her left, who holds up a rectangular frame displaying a reflected face.
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 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 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 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 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 a woman in a high ruffled collar and pearl necklace playing a keyboard. Beside her right shoulder floats a fragmented, scribbled sketch of a second face. Both figures look directly toward the viewer.
D'Apres Goltzius, Gehor
Jiri Anderle
1983
A print showing a woman with multiple overlapping profile faces embracing a man. She wears pearls and a lace dress revealing her breasts. A turtle sits in the lower right.
D'Apres Goltzius, Gefuhl
Jiri Anderle
1983
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 with a small flower in her hair, wearing a pearl-adorned dress with a rose on the bodice. Directly beneath her softly faded portrait is a large, detailed drawing of a butterfly with spread wings.
Andante Grazioso
Jiri Anderle
1988
A print of a woman in a pearl necklace holding a woven basket of roses. She lifts a single rose toward a man in profile beside her. The man's hand rests on her opposite shoulder.
D'Apres Goltzius, Geruch
Jiri Anderle
1983
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 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
Jiri Anderle
1984

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