The Society which is Difficult to Describe
Jirí BalcarWW-1966-077755
1966·Engraving and mezzotint on ivory wove paper·Plate: 33.2 × 21.3 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 53.7 × 36.5 cm (21 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1966
- Dimensions
- Plate: 33.2 × 21.3 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 53.7 × 36.5 cm (21 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jirí Balcar
Artist
Jirí Balcar
Jiří Balcar was a Czech artist active in the postwar period whose practice remains understudied in English-language scholarship.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Jirí Balcar
- Year
- 1966
- Dimensions
- Plate: 33.2 × 21.3 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 53.7 × 36.5 cm (21 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1966-077755
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified