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
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.