Humidor, c. 1915
Joseph Heinrichs; Maker: Marcus & Companyexpand_more
Copper, silver, arrowheads, boneexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.24a,b
On View in Gallery 379expand_more
Unlike the standard rectangular wooden boxes that keep cigars at the right humidity, Joseph Heinrichs’s humidor puts form before function. Eclectic decoration disguises its cigar-holding purpose. The bone handle, wire-wrapped arrowhead ornaments, and riveted silver—romanticizing Native American culture and the American frontier—give it a handcrafted look. Made for sale in New York, it may have been intended as a bit of the American West for wealthy city dwellers.
Details
- Title
- Humidor
- Artist Life
- New York, 1892–c.1962
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 98.276.24a,b
- Curator Approved
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