Toy Bank: Speaking Dog

1935/1942

Edward L. Loper

Associated Names
Edward L. Loper

Artist, American, 1916 - 2011

This is a painting of a "Speaking Dog" mechanical bank. The image shows a vintage mechanical bank featuring a girl and a dog on a green base with the words "SPEAKING DOG" in red. The girl and the dog appear to be interacting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.7 x 35.6 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8454

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 62.

2007

  • The Art of Edward L. Loper, Sr.: On the Path of the Masters, University Museums, University of Delaware, Newark, 13 April 2007 - 31 July 2007.

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 148, no. 292.

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 645, no. 2371.

1999

  • Bauman, Marilyn A., Edward L. Loper, Sr., The Prophet of Color: A Disciple's Reflections, Edgewood: 1999, p. 49.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 62.

2007

  • Marley, Anna O., et al. The Art of Edward L. Loper, Sr.: On the Path of the Masters. (Exh. cat. University Museums, University of Delaware, Newark, 2007). 21, fig. 1.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Edward L. Loper Del 390-1

Wikidata ID

Q64557343

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