Panorama

1958

Jirí Balcar

Associated Names
Jirí Balcar

Artist, Czech, 1929 - 1968

The image shows a tapestry of bold, dark lines and shapes interwoven to create an intricate pattern on the canvas. The artwork suggests an abstract urban landscape, resembling a city skyline at night. Overlapping strokes create tall buildings, grids of windows, and possibly bridges. Horizontal and vertical lines, along with cross-hatched areas, convey the chaos and structure of a bustling metropolis in a single abstract form.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anne and Jacques Baruch, Chicago, IL, 1977; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Jiri Balcar 58; lower left in graphite: Panorama / 3/6; rest by later hands, lower right in graphite: 473; lower left in graphite: 96; lower right verso stamped: 4848017; lower right verso in graphite: 1977.1114 II; lower center verso in graphite: "Panorama"

Wikidata ID

Q75399943

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