Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Folk Art: Folk Sculpture: Articulated Man with Hat
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Articulated Man with Hat about 1900 Unidentified artist carved and painted wood with metal and fur 13 3/8 x 6 x 3 5/8 in. (34.0 x 15.2 x 9.3 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.320 |
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Artists often made toys with movable arms and legs. The creators of these two figures also added realistic details such as the fabric pants and leather holster of Sailor, and the real hair on Man. |
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