Balalaika Player
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
31.2 × 19.8 × 9.3 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Accession Number
1926.1548
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Cleveland Institute of Art (faculty)maleMay Show
About this artwork
A Lithuanian immigrant, Blazys introduced modernist sculpture to Cleveland upon his arrival in 1925. These figures merge rhythmic movement inspired by music with faceted, geometric planes derived from Cubism.