Barrel Organ Player

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Year: Unknown
Medium: Unknown
Current location: Unknown
Work type: Portraits & performers
Theme: Music, Dance, and Performance

barrelorganplayerpirosmani

Description

A barrel-organ player stands with his instrument.

Cultural Note

Music and dance are cornerstones of Georgian culture, and therefore is not unusual for it to appear in many of Pirosmani’s paintings, especially considering his involvement in the worlds of taverns, feasts, street, and theater. The depictions of people facilitating this culture, hence, are clear markers of performance and identity.