Totopoly

Vintage board game cards & playing pieces on canvas

47 x 59cm

SOLD

A collection of original, vintage board game cards and playing pieces arranged on painted canvas with a cut three-dimensional element. The work is mounted behind glass within a white, wooden frame.

These items form part of a popular, mid-century British board game. Arranged in numerical order, the horses rest upon painted, wooden plinths, while the coloured bands on the cards have been cut and raised from the background.

Showing signs of heavy use, the chipped metallic paint on the playing pieces indicate the personal history behind this particular game, whereas the colours and style of the graphics evoke nostalgia for the era.