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Jirí Balcar

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MoMA

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BiographyMoMA· 93%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/303
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (29)

Girls

1968 · Mixed intaglio on white wove paper

49.2 × 31.3 cm (19 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

So Called Society

1968 · Mixed intaglio on white wove paper

Plate: 49.2 × 31.9 cm (19 3/8 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 60 × 41.8 cm (23 5/8 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Four Figures at a Table

1967 · Watercolor and pen and black ink, with touches of pen and blue, red, and brown ink, and colored wash transfer, on cream wove paper

44.9 × 31.2 cm (17 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Society which is Difficult to Describe

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Call Girl

1966 · Etching

Plate: 10 x 6 9/16" (25.4 x 16.7 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 x 14 5/8" (44.1 x 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Gentlemen

1965 · Engraving, mezzotint on white laid paper

Plate: 32 × 16.4 cm (12 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 51.2 × 32 cm (20 3/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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LABYRINTY

1960 · 8 aquatints

page 11 1/2 x 12 3/16" (29 x 31 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Labryinth II

1959 · Etching on white wove paper

Plate: 24.2 × 15.5 cm (9 9/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 48 × 33.1 cm (18 15/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition II

1959 · Aquatint

Plate: 9 5/8 x 6 5/16" (24.4 x 16.1 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 x 12 15/16" (50.1 x 32.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 5) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in black

plate 9 3/4 x 6 5/16" (24.7 x 16 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Title page (folio 2) from Labyrinth

1959 · Aquatint and drypoint

plate: 6 5/16 x 9 3/4" (16.1 x 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 7) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Drypoint, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 3/16" (24.9 x 15.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 12) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Soft ground etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/8" (24.9 x 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 15) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 3/4 x 6 1/4" (24.8 x 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 16) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in black

plate 9 11/16 x 6 3/16" (24.6 x 15.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 17) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 5/16" (25 x 16.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 18) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/4" (25 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 14) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Soft ground etching, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/4" (25 x 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 4) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 3/4 x 6 5/16" (24.8 x 16 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 8) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Etching, printed in black

plate 9 3/4 x 6 1/8" (24.8 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 9) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black

plate 9 11/16 x 6 1/4" (24.6 x 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 19) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/4" (24.9 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 21) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Drypoint and etching, printed in black

plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/8" (24.9 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 20) from LABYRINTY

1959 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

plate 9 3/4 x 6 1/4" (24.8 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

29 published of 52 catalogued · 10 with image

MoMA
23 publishedof 46 catalogued4 img
Art Institute Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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