BALALAIKA inventory-giantheadbench The Design Museum of Chicago

The Design Museum of Chicago inspires

the significance of its waterways became strikingly apparent

Working primarily with acrylic paint on canvas

Signed by the artist

BALALAIKA inventory-giantheadbench The Design Museum of ChicagoBALALAIKA is the second of three prints in our Around the Samovar series. Balalaikas are a Russian three stringed instrument with origins in central Asia. The name is inspired by the Russian word for chatter and the instruments were widely played by working class peasants and wandering artists. It was common for someone to play one around a group gathering, including a samovar, while others socialize with the high pitched notes of the balalaika in the