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Exhibition History"Sign Sculpture: Shop and Cigar Store Figures in 18th and 19th C. America," Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, MA, May 11, 1997 - October 26, 1997; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, February 19, 1998 - April 12, 1998; The Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, November 8, 1997 - January 25, 1998.
“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
Artist
Thomas V. Brooks
(1828 - 1895)
Indian Maiden
Date1865-1875
MediumWood and paint
DimensionsOverall: 68 × 18 × 23 in. (172.7 × 45.7 × 58.4 cm)
Object numberN0041.1972
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Louis C. Jones
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label Text“Daddy” Brooks was the single most influential shop figure carver of his generation, according to the carvers themselves. Brooks apprenticed in New York City under John Cromwell and owned his own carving business from 1848 until 1879 when he moved to Chicago. Fellow New York carvers lamented over the loss of Brooks and claimed the quality of carving in the city diminished after his move. Among Brooks’ apprentices was Samuel Robb who later became a prominent New York City carver in his own right. This figure was purchased in 1871 by Frederick Reinhardt, a tobacconist of Utica, New York, where it stood on a second-story platform for at least 50 years.Exhibition History"Sign Sculpture: Shop and Cigar Store Figures in 18th and 19th C. America," Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, MA, May 11, 1997 - October 26, 1997; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, February 19, 1998 - April 12, 1998; The Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, November 8, 1997 - January 25, 1998.
“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
On View
On viewc. 2002-2014
c. 1905-1915
