Toy Bank: Donkey and Cart

c. 1941

Isidore Danziger

Associated Names
Isidore Danziger

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The sculpture portrays a figure seated in a cart being pulled by a donkey. Accompanying the donkey is a smaller figure walking beside it. The sculpture is made of painted metal, with colorful details. The cart is orange with red and yellow wheels, and the seated figure is wearing a light brown hat, a blue shirt, and orange pants. The donkey is light brown with harnesses and reins, while the smaller figure is wearing red and is on a green strip symbolizing grass. The sculpture is displayed on a flat base resembling a path or road.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.9 x 29.8 cm (8 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 6 1/4" high; 10 1/2" long; 3 7/16" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8481

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 648, pl. 2347.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: DANZIGER

Wikidata ID

Q64578829

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