Afternoon Repast

1968

Jirí Balcar

Associated Names
Jirí Balcar

Artist, Czech, 1929 - 1968

The image depicts abstract figures and shapes arranged in a composition resembling a social gathering. Three abstracted figures with softly contoured silhouettes are featured, two standing and one seated. In the lower right, a table with bottles, a jug, and a cup is visible, suggesting a domestic or social setting. The background is textured with swirling patterns and faint, abstract letters resembling text.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anne and Jacques Baruch, Chicago, IL, 1983; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Jiri Balcar 68.; lower left in graphite: 17/25; by later hand, lower center in graphite: "OSLAVA" / (illeg.) / 525 x 333 mm; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: "Afternoon Repast" / 1983.386

Wikidata ID

Q75399939

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