About This Artwork

Samuel A. Robb
American, 1851-1928

Indian Chief, 1888/1903

White pine
201.9 x 57.8 x 62.6 cm (79 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
Incised on front of base: "CIGARS./ G.B. FAIRGRIEVE. / TOBACCO"; on lowest part of base: "ROBB MANUFR, 114 CENTRE St. N.Y."

Incised on right side of base: "TWITCHELL. CHAMPLIN & CO./ PORTLAND. ME. / SOLE AGENTS FOR / S. OTTENBERG & BROS."

Incised on left side of base: "S. OTTENBERG / & BROS./ CIGAR MANUFRS/ N.Y."
Sanford Fund, 1952.143

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 48.