Toy Bank: Darktown Battery

c. 1938

Verna Tallman

Associated Names
Verna Tallman

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The sculpture portrays three figures in a baseball scene. Two are standing, and one is crouched on the ground. The left figure is a pitcher in mid-throw, wearing a blue and yellow uniform. In the middle, the figure is the batter, holding a bat and dressed in a blue shirt labeled "BOSTON" and yellow pants. The figure on the right is crouched and looking upwards. Each figure has dark skin, and the sculpture features vibrant colors such as yellow, blue, brown, and red. The material appears to be painted metal, and the sculpture is mounted on a base with decorative elements and the text "DARK TOWN BATTERY." The sculpture's details are prominent and stylized, capturing a dynamic moment in a baseball game.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.8 x 30.5 cm (8 9/16 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8532


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 649, pl. 2375.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: VERNA TALLMAN

Wikidata ID

Q64633546

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