Artwork Details
- Title
- The Toy Shop
- Artist
- Date
- 1981
- Location
- Dimensions
- open: 11 7⁄8 x 10 3⁄8 x 3 1⁄8 in. (30.1 x 26.2 x 7.9 cm) closed: 11 7⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 x 3 1⁄8 in. (30.1 x 14.9 x 7.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noret
- Mediums Description
- wood, paper, glass, and metal
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Abstract
- Object — toy
- Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
- Object Number
- 1981.144
Artwork Description
The Toy Shop is typical of the painted box constructions that Patricia Nix has made since 1972. The small scale of the work evokes memories of a child’s dollhouse. Moreover, The Toy Shop, constructed from discarded materials, is composed from actual toys and objects that carry the memory of their former uses. Nix states that she likes to use real objects from everyday life to construct her imaginative works because they help make “dreams become more of a reality.”