Toy Yoke of Oxen

1935/1942

Joseph Goldberg

Associated Names
Joseph Goldberg

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows two large brown oxen standing on a flat platform with wheels. The oxen are connected at the neck with harnesses and are positioned centrally on the platform. The color palette is primarily various shades of brown with hints of black on the hooves and horns of the oxen. The platform has four wheels, two at the front and two at the back. The background is plain and light, providing a contrast to the darker colors of the oxen and their platform.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.8 x 37.6 cm (10 15/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 6 3/4" high; 10 3/4" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15639

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 626, no. 2230.

Inscriptions

verso: upper left in ink: Mass.-793-Ca.-198 / Toy Yoke of Oxen / Joseph Goldberg / Pine painted oxen on platform with / wooden wheels, brown paint, varnished / Joseph Goldberg / Began April 20, 1939 / Finished August 2, 1939 / Toy Yoke of Oxen

Wikidata ID

Q64591180

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