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Man with Cello Rendered by Mina Lowry (artist), 1935/1942 watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper overall: 29.3 x 22.5 cm (11 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/2" high; 2 1/2" wide Index of American Design 1943.8.15664 |
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Spring or "clockwork" mechanisms were sometimes used to produce sounds in toys as well as to make them move. Music boxes were operated by this type of action, as is this mechanical figure of a man with a cello. When the toy is wound, the musician nods and moves his bow. The toy, dating from the late nineteenth century, plays an old-fashioned dance tune.
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