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Polychrome Painted Carved Wooden Indian Tobacconist's Figure http://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2258/lots/189

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$27,025

Polychrome Painted Carved Wooden Indian Tobacconist's Figure, attributed to Thomas V. Brooks (1825-1895), Chicago, c. 1880, the standing figure wears a feathered headdress, a powder horn tucked into his feathered apron, and moccasins, holding a rifle in one hand and a bundle of cigars in the other, mounted on a wooden plinth, ht. 5 ft. 8 in., wd. dp. Provenance: This figure was once owned by Henry Morgan of television's What's My Line . The figure was left to his friend inscribed on the back of the pedestal, and later purchased from his friend's widow. Literature: Similar carved figures are illustrated in the following reference books: Artists in Wood by Frederick Fried, (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York) fig. 167; Treasury of American Design, by Clarence P. Harnung, (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York), figure 127; Wood Carvings: North American Folk Sculptures, by Charles and Marian Klamkin, (Hawthorne Books Inc., New York).

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Date:
2004-08-15

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