-Des Moines Building-Loan and Savings- still bank c. 1940s

This small, detailed, copper-colored miniature of the Des Moines Building-Loan and Savings bank building was likely a promotional item made by the company, Banthrico, Inc. The piece is an example of corporate art, or a small artwork made to be displayed in a public space to promote a brand or service. The art was designed to represent the building's architecture, which is characterized by a tall, rectangular shape with a flat roof. The building has many windows and a series of vertical and horizontal lines, all details captured in this miniature. The piece was created between 1931 and 1985, a period when modern architecture was beginning to be explored and implemented in the United States.