Handcarved Toy

c. 1939

Betty Jean Davis

Associated Names
Betty Jean Davis

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image depicts a mechanical wooden toy with two articulated figures on a simple apparatus with a crank. The color palette is mainly shades of brown with subtle beige and red accents on the figures' painted details. The toy is placed on a rectangular wooden base, with one figure holding a horizontal bar and the other assisting with the movement using the crank on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.3 x 25.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" high; 4: wide; 2 1/2" deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.11062

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 622, no. 2209.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: BETTY JEAN DAVIS / lower left in graphite: Property of / Mrs. Butler / Allentown, PA; lower right in graphite: Betty Jean Davis / Allentown, PA

Wikidata ID

Q64537547

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