Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger's Drawings From the Collection of Ricky Jay
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When: Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 6:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
Price: $30
Standing only twenty-nine inches high, and born without hands or thighs, German artist, magician, and musician Matthias Buchinger was a great curiosity in the early eighteenth century. He performed for three successive German emperors, entertained kings, and was a frequent guest at noble houses; yet he was equally celebrated as a calligrapher and micrographer, creating inscriptions that described his physical condition as well as his artistic and personal triumphs. Ricky Jay, one of the world's greatest illusionists, has spent a lifetime captivated by Buchinger's life and remarkably delicate drawings. New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman joins Jay for a look at the fascinating "Little Man of Nuremberg."
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