Toy Elephant

c. 1941

Stanley Chin

Associated Names
Stanley Chin

Artist, American, c. 1913 - 1988

The image shows a toy elephant with a castle-like structure on its back, mounted on a platform with four red wheels. The color palette includes shades of gray, red, green, and hints of yellow. The elephant and castle are centrally positioned in the image, and the wheels are symmetrically placed under the platform on which the elephant stands.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20 x 27.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" long; 1 7/8" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15688

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 628, no. 2237.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Stanley H. Chin

Wikidata ID

Q64632662

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