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A black and white print featuring a dark, textured silhouette of a figure holding a thin rod. Large numbers overlap the figure's body, and a vertical column of fragmented serif letters runs down the right edge.
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Artist Jiri Balcar (Czech, 1929 - 1968)
Date1965
MediumDrypoint and mezzotint engraving
Dimensions12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.79
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white print featuring a dark, textured silhouette of a figure holding a thin rod. Large numbers overlap the figure's body, and a vertical column of fragmented serif letters runs down the right edge.
A black and white print featuring two men in dark suits. One man holds a piece of paper, while the other reaches toward it. Scattered, stenciled capital letters and numbers appear at the top and bottom edges.
Two Men
Jiri Balcar
1965
A black and white print featuring a simple contour line drawing of a figure layered over dark, shaded silhouettes. Large, outlined typographical letters, including "K" and an ampersand, are scattered across the composition.
Yound Lady with a Journal
Jiri Balcar
1965
A black and white print showing four outlined shoes at the top above the letters V, X, and E. The middle features dense, scratchy lines and a large V. The bottom depicts dark silhouettes of five walking figures.
Shoes
Jiri Balcar
1968
A multi-panel print. The top row has two dark portraits flanking a geometric grid over a sketched fetal figure. The wide bottom panel displays five heads in a row, featuring basic sketches, fragmented pieces, and exposed anatomical structures.
Our Generation
Jiri Anderle
1972
A monochrome print of an elderly woman in a headscarf and long coat holding twigs and two canes. The right side features a vertical column of four sketches of elderly faces and an additional sketched hand holding twigs.
The Last Spring of My Grandmother
Jiri Anderle
1979
A monochrome print featuring a group of fragmented sketches. They include faces of older men, women, a young child, an ape profile, anatomical legs, and a dark, contorted head with a claw-like appendage.
Fragment IV (Belle Epoque)
Jiri Anderle
1980
A monochromatic print featuring a woman's profile looking down. A dark, textured cluster of overlapping upward-looking faces overlays her torso. Her hands hold a jagged white shape. Thick white lines float above her. Two faintly colored round fruits sit below.
Girl Reading Letter III
Jiri Anderle
1979
A two-paneled print. The top half shows faint active figures between two complex, fragmented profile heads made of mechanical and geometric sketches. The bottom red panel features three pale, anatomical human figures lunging amidst horizontal streaks.
Up and Down (Perspective No. 5)
Jiri Anderle
1971
A print of two darkly silhouetted figures in dresses. One sits in a chair leaning back, while the other stands nearby. Faint architectural details, Roman numerals, grid lines, and sharp black scribbles overlay the scene.
The Two Friends
Jiri Balcar
1970
A print of a lightly rendered figure from behind with a dense tangle of scribbled dark hair. They wear a belted garment, right hand on their hip and left hand raised. A faint chair is outlined nearby.
Tatania
Jiri Balcar
1970
A sepia print of an ornate classical frame flanked by two figures on pedestals with heavily shaded legs and lightly outlined torsos. Between them, a complex tangled mass of flowing lines hovers over a central pedestal holding a textured organic object.
In Combattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda I
Jiri Anderle
1972
A print centered on a dense, chaotic cluster of overlapping thick black lines. A faint horizontal line crosses near the top edge beside the number. The surrounding area contains light diagonal lines resembling folds in paper and scattered dark smudges.
Sign IV
Jiri Balcar
1962

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