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A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'THEATRICAL FIGURE'
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A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'THEATRICAL FIGURE'

AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Fermé20 January 2023

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A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'THEATRICAL FIGURE'
AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
66 1/2 in. high

Note du spécialiste

Their short pantaloons considered risqué, theatrical-form tobacconist figures were likely displayed in theaters as well as cigar stores. For an example of a "Theatrical Figure" from the Demuth catalogue see Frederick Fried, Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons (New York, 1970), p. 44.