Toy Bank: Mule and Manger

c. 1942

D.J. Grant

Associated Names
D.J. Grant

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a small structure resembling a green-roofed house and a figure of a donkey. The house is green with reddish-brown highlights and decorative patterns. The donkey figure is positioned to the right, stepping onto the base of the structure with one foot inside and the rest of its body outside. The structure is centrally placed in the image with its entrance facing forward.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23 x 30.6 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: overall: 10" long; mule: 3 1/2" high; bank: 5 1/2" high; 5" long, 4" wide.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.17139

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 658, pl. 2413.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: DANIEL GRANT / DEL.-550

Wikidata ID

Q64540655

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