Cigar Store Indian
Hochstrasser, Walter · American
c. 1937
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
- Classification
- Index of American Design
- Period
- 1926 to 1950
- Image size
- 3285 × 4956px
Description
The sculpture depicts a figure resembling a Native American man with a feathered headdress, dressed in a tunic-like garment with yellow and black detailing, red leggings, holding a bundle of cigars or a sheaf of tobacco in one hand and a small wooden barrel in the other. The sculpture is carved from wood and painted realistically, standing on a rectangular pedestal.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).