Automata

Musical automaton "Hookah Smoker"

    Musical automaton "Hookah Smoker"

    France, Paris

    Circa 1970

    Jean Farkas

    Metal, wood, fabric, purl (metallic thread), papier-mâché; mechanical work, sewing, painting, casting

    32 x 20 x 24 cm, weight 2 kg

    Inscriptions on the paper lstiker: “2/50 G. Verdi/1 La Traviata/2 Rigoletto (La donna è mobile)”

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    The figure of a Turkish smoker is positioned on rectangular base covered with dark red velvet. The base is decorated along its top and bottom perimeters with wavy pink trim. Silver-colored representation of a lyre is glued to the base front side. When the mechanism is switched on, the smoker's head turns and tilts, his right hand brings the mouthpiece to his lips as if taking a puff, and then his hand lowers. His left hand, holding a cup rises to his mouth. The actions are accompanied by the sounds of musical movement equipped with a musical comb and a cylinder playing two melodies.

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