Lot 454
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A POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF AN 'INDIAN HUNTER'
A POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF AN 'INDIAN HUNTER'
A POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF AN 'INDIAN HUNTER'
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Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s F… Read more PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GARY DUBNOFF
A ZINC POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF AN 'INDIAN HUNTER'

WILLIAM DEMUTH (1835-1911), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875

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A ZINC POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF AN 'INDIAN HUNTER'
WILLIAM DEMUTH (1835-1911), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
plaque on base stamped WM. DEMUTH & CO./ 501 BROADWAY NEW YORK
83 in. high
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Lot Essay

The "Indian Hunter" (no. 70) was advertised in Demuth’s brochure for $80. A copy of this brochure can be found in Fredrick Fried, Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures and Circus Wagons (New York, 1970), p. 53.

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