Cleveland Museum of Art
Balalaika Player
Alexander Blazys
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- America, Ohio, Cleveland
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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