Basque Country (euskadi) / Dated 1934 / Card Players - Mus Game / Oil On Canvas

Typical scene of life in the Basque Country: four card players playing a game of MUS,
a card game characteristic of the region.

Located in the Spanish Basque Country (Euskadi) and dated 1934.
Signed AMADEO lower left.
Very good general condition, the colors have retained all their original vibrancy.

64 x 60.5 without frame
72 x 69 with frame

LE MUS is a popular card game of Basque origin. Mus is a game of betting, probability, communication (by agreed signs) and bluff, close to Poker, but where no money is generally played. Mus is a fast and straightforward game, with plenty of room for bluffing and jokes, due to the mode of communication (facial expressions). It is characteristic to sometimes hear a player proclaim “hordago!” ”, way of forcing the opponent to choose between letting him gain a few points and deciding the entire game on this single move; the game includes many other characteristic expressions and a whole vocabulary. It is played with 4 players: 2 teams of 2 arranged alternately around a table. We play counterclockwise.