Cigar Store Indian

c. 1941

V.L. Vance

Associated Names
V.L. Vance

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The sculpture depicts a Native American figure wearing traditional attire and a feathered headdress. The statue is painted in red and gold, with brown skin tones. The attire includes a red tunic with gold trimming, and the headdress has upright feathers. The sculpture holds a tomahawk in one hand and a rectangular object in the other. It stands on a dark rectangular pedestal.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 57.8 x 34.3 cm (22 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9981

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 68, pl. 189.

Inscriptions

lower center in watercolor: V.L. VANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64633410

You may be interested in

Loading Results