Art, literature & historyPrelude I
1959
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- aquatint in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 24.8 x 15.7 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 32.5 cm (19 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.89.17
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Prelude I — Jirí Balcar. 1959.
Medium: aquatint in black on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 24.8 x 15.7 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 32.5 cm (19 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1996.89.17. Gift of The Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.