Artist:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

"Minute Maid" orange juice can, carved and painted wood, and turned iron

Dimensions:

10 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (26.7 x 9.0 x 7.0 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

ca. 1950s

Luce Center Label:

This figure is similar to Southern minstrel dancing dolls, or “limberjacks,” which were loosely jointed and attached to a stick. Owners of these dolls placed them on a thin board, which they tapped with their fingers to make the figures dance. An unknown artist made this doll from found objects, perhaps to resemble the singer Bing Crosby. (American Folk Art: The Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. Collection, 1981)

Topic:

Dress\accessory\hat  Search this

Figure male\full length  Search this

Object\fruit\orange  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:

1986.65.277

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B

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/vk75566bd60-da5b-4195-be75-680290e82f6a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1986.65.277