Jiri Anderle (b. 1936, Czech Republic) Drypoint Etching. Signed and numbered 42 of 700 in pencil by the Artist. Magnolia and young Olympians. In honor of and for Centennial Olympics at Atlanta. Unframed, sheet measures 26"x19 3/4"". Image 11"x14". PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Anderle graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He worked as an assistant lecturer at the Academy of Art and Design in Prague. His work is in numerous private and public collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Amarillo Art Museum, USA; National Gallery, Berlin; Modern Art Museum, Brussels; Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, USA; Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; The Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery, London, Bibliothèque national de France, Paris; Le Centre Pompidou, Paris; National Gallery, Prague; City Gallery Prague; Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague; National Museum, Stockholm; National Gallery, Washington, D. C.. His work received over 50 awards, including the Medal of Merit the Third Grade in the fields of culture and arts awarded by the President of the Czech Republic (2006), Vladimir Boudnik Award, Prague (2004), Grand Prix, 1st Triennial Europea dell Incisione, Udine, Italy (1991), 1st Prize, 1st Print Biennial, Lublin, Poland (1984), Grand Prix, 5th Painting, Drawing and Print Competition, New Dehli, India (1982), and Grand Prix, 1st International Print Biennial, Liège, Belgium (1969).

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