JO MEAD (1919-2000) HAND PAINTED CAST PLASTER CIGAR STORE INDIAN MAIDEN, circa 1950, the maiden holding a pipe and sheaf of tobacco.
Height 70 in.
Jo Mead was a craftswoman, born in Michigan, studied at the institute of design under Lazlo Maholy-Nagy, and during WWII she designed camouflage for Navy destroyers; After the war she successfully operated her own studios in Chicago & Galena producing plaster casts based on Historical designs.