Toilet Seat painted by N. Steinberg
Object/Artifact
Wooden toilet seat decorated by Douglas artist Nat Steinberg.
The top of the lid features a portrait of Carmen Miranda wearing her signature fruity headgear, the lower lid is decorated with a mustachioed, singing penguin, the seat is purple and unadorned, the underside of the seat is the text of the Serenity Prayer:
"God, grant me the serenity [servinity] to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference".
2026.08.01
Carmen Miranda introduced her "Baiana" image in 1939 so this seat must have been painted at least after that year.
Artworks
Winthers, Sally
2026.08
Plummer, Andrew
Donation, unconditional
15 in
2-1/2 in
20 in
Steinberg, Nat 1893-1976
03/23/2026
03/24/2026