$63,250
Cast and painted zinc cigar store Indian maiden, ca. 1880 , retaining the original vibrant painted surface and resting on the original round plinth inscribed "Lerow Barns K-U-GA Pride Tobacus, Brooklyn, N.Y.", with feathers and peace pipe decoration and "OH-WOW-GO Princess Red Dot Cigars", attributed to the workshop of William Demuth & Co., New York City, 81" h. Provenance: Sotheby's 1995. Exhibited: Sandwich, Massachusetts, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich; New York City, Museum of American Folk Art; Baltimore, Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Image Business: Shop and Cigar Store Figures in America , 1997-1998, catalogue by Ralph Sessions.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2002-09-21