Preludia IV

1959

Jirí Balcar

Associated Names
Jirí Balcar

Artist, Czech, 1929 - 1968

The image displays elongated vertical and irregular shapes against a dark background. Lines and hatch marks cover the surface, providing texture and depth. In the upper right corner, there is a circle with a line through it. The elements create an abstract visual composition suggesting a mysterious landscape or forest, where organic forms interact with geometric patterns.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Anne Baruch, Chicago; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

under plate in graphite lower left: 2/6; lower right: Jirí Balcar 59; bottom center by later hand: PRELUDIA IV; bottom right circled 125; verso bottom center by later hand: "PRELUDES IV"; lower right: 1977.1129 II

Wikidata ID

Q76345857

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