Object Details
Artist
Unidentified
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.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Date
early 20th century
Object number
1986.65.295
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Folk Art
Medium
carved and painted wood
Dimensions
approx. 10 x 6 x 5 in. (25.4 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm.)
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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
Topic
Figure male\full length
Performing arts\music\fiddle
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1986.65.295