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Maker(s):Murphy, Minnie Lois
Culture:American (1901 - 1962)
Title:Hurdy Gurdy
Date Made:1927
Type:Print
Materials:wood engraving printed in black on medium, very smooth, beige paper
Measurements:sheet: 17 7/8 in x 11 1/2 in; 45.4 cm x 29.2 cm; plate: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.3 cm
Narrative Inscription:  stamped in black at lower left below plate: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC W.P.A. , title in pencil at lower center below plate: "Hurdy Gurdy", signature in pencil at lower right below plate: M. Lois Murphy
Accession Number:  SC 2014.32.579
Credit Line:The Gladys Engel Lang and Kurt Lang Collection
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
A stooped elderly man cranks the lever of his hurdy-gurdy instrument with his proper right hand as he holds out a hat in the other for money. His head is bowed and his eyes are closed. In the background are a man and a woman, his audience, looking at each other. They wear fine, expensive clothing, unlike the tattered poor clothing of the busker. Economic class, street performance, poverty

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