Viennese Musician (or Blind Beggar or Viennese Beggar or On the Opera House Steps--Vienna)

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Title

Viennese Musician (or Blind Beggar or Viennese Beggar or On the Opera House Steps--Vienna)

Description

A blind musician, playing a banjo with his left hand, a harmonica held between his lips, and a small percussion like apparatus with his foot, is seated in ¾’s profile on a low stool. His is wearing a trench coat, newsboy cap and pin stripe pants with laced boots. His cane is leaning against his back and in his lap sits a sign that reads “Ich Bin Blind Gebe”, (roughly translates to “I am blind, give.”).

Date

1926

Contributor

Gift of Mrs. Virginia Dehn

Rights

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Format

Ink on paper
Drypoint
11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Language

German

Type

Print

Identifier

2013.0.149

Coverage

Vienna (Austria)

Files

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Collection

Reference

Viennese Musician (or Blind Beggar or Viennese Beggar or On the Opera House Steps--Vienna), Dehn, Adolf (1895-1968), 1926

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