Toy Bank: Trick pony

c. 1937

Florian Rokita

Associated Names
Florian Rokita

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image depicts a mechanical coin bank in the shape of a horse mounted on a platform with the words "TRICK PONY." The horse's body is brown with a red saddle, and the base is gold and red. The horse stands upright on its hind legs on a pedestal, and a chute is on the left side of the platform.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.7 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 8" tall; 7" long; 2 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8453

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 657, pl. 2400.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: FLORIAN ROKITA

Wikidata ID

Q64561980

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