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WILLIAM DEMUTH (1835-1911), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
Details
A MOLDED ZINC POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'SITTING INDIAN'
WILLIAM DEMUTH (1835-1911), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
plaque stamped W.DEMUTH&Co./ MANUFRS. 507 BROADWAY.NEWYORK; repainted
31 in. high, 30 in. wide, 14 in. deep
WILLIAM DEMUTH (1835-1911), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
plaque stamped W.DEMUTH&Co./ MANUFRS. 507 BROADWAY.NEWYORK; repainted
31 in. high, 30 in. wide, 14 in. deep
Provenance
Mrs. John Law Robertson
Adele Earnest, Stony Point, New York
Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 27 January 1979, lot 235
Adele Earnest, Stony Point, New York
Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 27 January 1979, lot 235
Literature
A.W. Pendergast and W. Porter Ware, Cigar Store Figures (Sewanee, 1953), p. 75.
Frederick Fried, Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons (New York, 1970), p. 58.
Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1974), p. 260, no. 484.
Frederick Fried, Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons (New York, 1970), p. 58.
Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1974), p. 260, no. 484.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of American Folk Art, An Eye on America, 13 March-14 May 1972, p. 9, no. 45.
Albany, New York State Museum of the Empire State, New York - The State of Art, 8 October-28 November, 1977.
Albany, New York State Museum of the Empire State, New York - The State of Art, 8 October-28 November, 1977.
Special notice
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