Ellie's Ball

Ellie's Ball centers on a hand spinning a green basketball on one extended index finger, the nails painted in the same sage green as the ball itself. The basketball displays what appears to be a knight mascot logo alongside the letters N and Y, identifying it as a New York Liberty ball. The composition is tight and vertical, printed in black with green as the only color accent, giving the piece a graphic punch despite its small scale.

The New York Liberty is a WNBA franchise based in New York City, one of the league's founding teams. The Liberty have long been associated with green as a core team color, which connects naturally to the hand's painted nails and the overall palette of this print. This Ana Inciardi mini print sits comfortably among her New York prints, alongside her other work documenting city culture and the objects that define it.

Collectors drawn to her New York subjects tend to respond strongly to pieces like this one because Inciardi finds her material in specific, personal details rather than generic skylines or landmarks. The named title, Ellie's Ball, signals that this is a print rooted in a real person and a real object, which gives it a warmth that more generalized sports imagery rarely carries. The green nail detail, echoing the ball, shows the kind of thoughtful visual rhyming collectors recognize across her catalog.

It pairs naturally with her other New York prints and would group well alongside any pieces in her collection that document everyday urban life and the communities built around it.