America, Ohio, Cleveland / 1925
Balalaika Player
Balalaika Player
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Balalaika Player as sculpture (America, Ohio, Cleveland · 1925).
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Balalaikas are made in six primary sizes.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this sculpture as bronze and credits Alexander Blazys (American, born Russian Empire [now Lithuania], 1894–1963).
The museum's collection notes: A Lithuanian immigrant, Alexander Blazys introduced modernist sculpture to Cleveland upon his arrival in 1925. In this composition, the distinctive triangular shape of the balalaika instrument is mirrored in the pose of the player's legs.
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