Artists In Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons

Biographies of 37 carvers in their shops,  with working sketches and four contemporary catalogs of their creations. This reference will make it possible for collectors, museum curators, and others to positively identify figures by carver, provenance, date, and material. The catalogs of cigar store Indians and show figures furnish manufacturer, original price, and other important data, while the author has supplied a list of prices paid at auctions, collections, and sources, as well as index and bibliography. With 29 illustrations in full color and over 235 in black and white. Hardbound, jacket missing, otherwise book in fine condition 297 pp.