Toy Streetcar

c. 1942

Michael Fallon

Associated Names
Michael Fallon

Artist, American, 1898 - 1977

The image shows a wooden toy train car with the name "VERA" cut out from the side. The car is mainly made of wood and features colors of brown, ochre, green, and red. The train sits on a flat platform with four gray wheels, and a brown rope is attached to the front of the platform for pulling. The toy is centrally positioned in the image, facing slightly left, with the rope extending towards the bottom left corner. The background is a plain, light beige color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.7 x 40.7 cm (12 1/16 x 16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 12" high; 21" long; 8" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.7804

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 630, no. 2272.

Inscriptions

lower right (under tape) in ink: Michael Fallon

Wikidata ID

Q64614511

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