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The Snake Charmer

Otto Poertzelca. 1925

Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Casa Lis

Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Casa Lis
Salamanca, Spain

Cabarets not only offered music and dancing but also exotic acts and even, as can be seen here, circus acts. To create this work, Poertzel was no doubt inspired, as was the painter Rousseau, by a cabaret show he saw in Paris.

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  • Title: The Snake Charmer
  • Creator: Otto Poertzel
  • Creator Lifespan: 1876/1963
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Birth Place: Scheibe, Germany
  • Date Created: ca. 1925
  • Physical Dimensions: h260 mm
  • Type: Chryselephantine sculpture
  • Rights: Photo: Oscar J. Gonz=E1lez Hern=E1ndez
  • Medium: Bronze, ivory and onyx
Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Casa Lis

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