Cigar Store Indian

c. 1938

Lucille Lacoursiere

Associated Names
Lucille Lacoursiere

Artist, American, 1916 - 2015

The image depicts a wooden tobacco store figure. It shows a carved figure of a person wearing a traditional headdress with feathers, standing on a pedestal. The figure is clothed in colorful garments, holding a spear in one hand and a sign reading "Cigars Cigarettes Tobacco" in the other hand. The sculpture is intricately carved and painted in bright colors, following the style of traditional American folk art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.7 x 30.2 cm (19 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.10032

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 58, pl. 138.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Lacoursiere

Wikidata ID

Q64594238

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