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The Collection of Sanford L. Smith - January 30, 2025

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The Collection of Sanford L. Smith represents a life and love of collecting that was shared with millions of like-minded lovers of art and antiques through the fairs hosted by the eponymous Sanford L. Smith + Associates. The catalogue will be available on January 17, 2025. Highlights in the sale include weathervanes and important Americana, Folk Art, works on paper by Charles Burchfield and John Marin, Marine paintings, and a selection of Western bronzes. STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com
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Carved Cigar Store Native American Figure, Attributed to John L Cromwell, New York
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Lot 413

Carved Cigar Store Native American Figure, Attributed to John L Cromwell, New York

Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
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$10,000
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6 ft. 6 in. high (overall).

 

Note: Many show figure carvers active in nineteenth-century New York began their careers as ship carvers, as was the case for John L. Cromwell (1805-1873). Cromwell was born in Massachusetts but moved to New York City in 1831 and set up his first shop. For approximately twenty years, he ran a successful business filling orders for figureheads and other carvings for ships. With the decline of the maritime industry, Cromwell turned to carving shop figures in the 1850s, with cigar store Indians being the predominant model. This model, with the right hand raised holding a tomahawk, and the left hand clutching a catamount robe or bearskin pelt slung over the shoulder, was a popular prototype for figure-carvers in the 1850s and was first designed by Cromwell.

Condition

Generally, in good overall condition. Scattered nicks to the painted surface, age splits and wear throughout. Losses predominately on the back of the figure and the top of the base. Previous repair to the tomahawk at the hand. Crazing to the painted surface and scattered small, old repairs.

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