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

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

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.”).

1926

Gift of Mrs. Virginia Dehn

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Ink on paper

Drypoint

11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

German

Print

2013.0.149

Vienna (Austria)