08-12-201808-12-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Carved Tobacconist Indian Maiden Figure with Child

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$3,690$3,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Tobacconist Indian Maiden Figure with Child, James Brown, late 19th century, the maiden with raised left arm holding a bundle of cigars and right arm cradling more, lettering incised into the child's back and highlighted in red reads: "James Brown/717 Sansom St/Phila 1887.," ht. 58 1/2 in.

Provenance: Joan Brownstein Antiques, August, 12, 2010.

Note: In Artists in Wood, Frederick Fried notes that "James Brown was also carving garden ornaments, steamboat eagles, figures, church ornaments... and cigar store Indians" and that he is listed in Philadelphia directories.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Keywords

James Brown, Frederick Fried, Joan Brownstein Antiques, Sybil Kern, Philadelphia