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Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
carved and painted wood
Dimensions:
approx. 10 x 6 x 5 in. (25.4 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
early 20th century
Luce Center Label:
Early-twentieth-century wood-carvers often made toy figures with movable parts to amuse their children. The Fiddler’s arms and legs can be moved to suggest that he is playing the violin and dancing; in Seated Man with Pipe the figure’s left arm can move up and down to simulate the gesture of smoking. In both sculptures the artists paid more attention to animating the figures than they did to detail or color.
Topic:
Figure male\full length  Search this
Performing arts\music\fiddle  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Object number:
1986.65.295
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77a9bf98c-0b85-4272-84d2-2f81f065ca21
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.295