Cigar Store Indian

c. 1937

Richard F. Smith

Associated Names
Richard F. Smith

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The sculpture depicts a figure dressed in a colorful outfit with a green tunic, yellow and red accents, and a red cloak. The subject wears a headdress with feathers in red, yellow, and green. Made of wood, the sculpture is painted with bright colors. It stands on a rectangular dark-colored base, portraying the figure in a frontal pose with legs slightly apart and both arms bent at the elbows, one holding a rectangular object.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and heightening on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 68.9 x 50.9 cm (27 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9995

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 69, pl. 218.

Wikidata ID

Q64628527

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