diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 416a64e7..2c684124 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ npm run build        # writes dist/ and regenerates index.html; the folder is wh
 The browser suite and the three example games need a machine with a GPU:
 
 ```bash
-node tools/seed-e2e.mjs && node tools/e2e.mjs      # the editor, 1032 checks (GM_STEPS=20 for one step)
+node tools/seed-e2e.mjs && node tools/e2e.mjs      # the editor, 1034 checks (GM_STEPS=20 for one step)
 node tools/seed-jumprun.mjs && node tools/smoke-jumprun.mjs
 node tools/seed-tetris.mjs && node tools/smoke-tetris.mjs
 node tools/seed-actor.mjs && node tools/smoke-actor.mjs
diff --git a/src/core/properties/textureRef.ts b/src/core/properties/textureRef.ts
index fd78b61c..2857858e 100644
--- a/src/core/properties/textureRef.ts
+++ b/src/core/properties/textureRef.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AnimationAsset, TextureAsset, TextureFrame } from '../model/Asset';
+import type { TextureAsset, TextureFrame } from '../model/Asset';
 import { findAsset, type Project } from '../model/Project';
 import { findFrame } from '../model/texture';
 
@@ -7,38 +7,30 @@ export const NO_TEXTURE_LABEL = 'None';
 const FRAME_SEPARATOR = ' / ';
 
 export interface TextureChoice {
-  /** Asset id for the whole picture or an animation, frame id for one cut-out of a picture. */
+  /** Asset id for the whole picture, frame id for one cut-out of it. */
   id: string;
   label: string;
-  asset: TextureAsset | AnimationAsset;
-  /** Null for the whole-picture entry and for an animation. */
+  asset: TextureAsset;
+  /** Null for the whole-picture entry. */
   frame: TextureFrame | null;
 }
 
 /**
  * The texture's name, "Sheet / Frame" for a frame, "None" for the empty id, `<id>?` when it no
  * longer resolves – a dangling reference shows its id rather than passing for an empty field.
+ * Any other asset counts as dangling, an animation included: a texture field only draws pictures.
  */
 export function textureRefLabel(project: Project | null, id: string): string {
   if (id === '') return NO_TEXTURE_LABEL;
   if (!project) return `${id}?`;
   const asset = findAsset(project, id);
-  if (asset) return asset.type === 'texture' || asset.type === 'animation' ? asset.name : `${id}?`;
+  if (asset) return asset.type === 'texture' ? asset.name : `${id}?`;
   const found = findFrame(project, id);
   return found ? `${found.asset.name}${FRAME_SEPARATOR}${found.frame.name}` : `${id}?`;
 }
 
-/** Everything a sprite may wear, in menu order: the animations first, a sheet's frames would bury them. */
-export function textureRefChoices(project: Project): TextureChoice[] {
-  const animations = project.assets
-    .filter((a): a is AnimationAsset => a.type === 'animation')
-    .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
-    .map((asset) => ({ id: asset.id, label: `${asset.name} (animation)`, asset, frame: null }));
-  return [...animations, ...pictureChoices(project)];
-}
-
 /**
- * Every still picture: each texture followed by its own frames. Textures are sorted by name so the
+ * Every still picture, the choices of a texture field: each texture followed by its own frames. Textures are sorted by name so the
  * order does not depend on upload time; frames keep creation order, which for a sliced sheet is
  * reading order.
  */
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts b/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
index 4b6edfaf..a26b0e2f 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   type PropertyDef,
   type StructFieldDef,
 } from '../../core/properties/PropertySchema';
-import { NO_TEXTURE_LABEL, textureRefChoices, textureRefLabel } from '../../core/properties/textureRef';
+import { NO_TEXTURE_LABEL, pictureChoices, textureRefLabel } from '../../core/properties/textureRef';
 import {
   Button,
   Checkbox,
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const REFERENCES: Record<ReferenceKind, Reference> = {
         label: assetChoiceLabel(asset),
       })),
   },
-  texture: { none: NO_TEXTURE_LABEL, label: textureRefLabel, choices: textureRefChoices },
+  texture: { none: NO_TEXTURE_LABEL, label: textureRefLabel, choices: pictureChoices },
   statemachine: {
     none: NO_ASSET_LABEL,
     label: assetRefLabel,
diff --git a/tests/core/texture.test.ts b/tests/core/texture.test.ts
index 3fa0185f..199637a2 100644
--- a/tests/core/texture.test.ts
+++ b/tests/core/texture.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { CreateTextureCommand } from '../../src/core/commands/assetCommands';
+import { CreateAssetCommand, CreateTextureCommand } from '../../src/core/commands/assetCommands';
 import type { TextureAsset } from '../../src/core/model/Asset';
 import { findAsset } from '../../src/core/model/Project';
 import { findPropertyUsages, findUsages } from '../../src/core/model/usages';
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   textureRefIds,
   uniqueFrameName,
 } from '../../src/core/model/texture';
+import { pictureChoices, textureRefLabel } from '../../src/core/properties/textureRef';
 import { deserializeProject } from '../../src/core/store/serialize';
 import { makeSpriteScene, place, roundTrip } from '../helpers';
 
@@ -262,3 +263,29 @@ describe('frame names', () => {
     expect(nextFrameNames(sheet('Frame 2'), 3)).toEqual(['Frame 1', 'Frame 3', 'Frame 4']);
   });
 });
+
+describe('texture field references', () => {
+  it('offers pictures and their frames, never an animation', () => {
+    const fixture = makeSpriteScene();
+    const texture = addTexture(fixture);
+    texture.frames.push({ id: 'f1', name: 'Idle', x: 0, y: 0, w: 32, h: 24 });
+    const animation = new CreateAssetCommand('animation', 'Walk');
+    fixture.stack.execute(animation);
+
+    expect(pictureChoices(fixture.project).map((c) => [c.id, c.label])).toEqual([
+      [texture.id, 'Bricks'],
+      ['f1', 'Bricks / Idle'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('shows an animation id left from an older project as a dangling reference', () => {
+    const fixture = makeSpriteScene();
+    const texture = addTexture(fixture);
+    const animation = new CreateAssetCommand('animation', 'Walk');
+    fixture.stack.execute(animation);
+
+    expect(textureRefLabel(fixture.project, texture.id)).toBe('Bricks');
+    expect(textureRefLabel(fixture.project, animation.asset.id)).toBe(`${animation.asset.id}?`);
+    expect(textureRefLabel(fixture.project, '')).toBe('None');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/e2e/12-textures.mjs b/tools/e2e/12-textures.mjs
index e2cabfa7..d0fdb1e6 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/12-textures.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/12-textures.mjs
@@ -267,6 +267,40 @@ export async function textures(t) {
     );
   }
 
+  // 12e-ii. A texture field offers pictures only (#143). Since #97 an animation is played, not worn,
+  //         so the Texture row of a sprite no longer lists one, and an animation id left in the
+  //         field by an older project reads as dangling rather than passing for a picture.
+  await mutate(`
+    __gm.state.project.assets.push(
+      { id: 'tex-anim', type: 'animation', name: 'Walk', props: {}, root: '', tracks: [] });
+    const worn = __gm.state.project.assets.find((a) => a.id === 'tex-sprite').props;
+    window.__texBefore = worn.texture;
+    worn.texture = 'tex-anim';
+    __gm.state.select({ kind: 'asset', assetId: 'tex-sprite' })`);
+  await sleep(400);
+  const textureField = await json("__gm.inspectorField('Texture', true)");
+  const dangling = await json("__gm.locateAll('tex-anim?')");
+  check(
+    'an animation id in the Texture row reads as a dangling reference',
+    Boolean(textureField) && dangling.length === 1 && Math.abs(dangling[0].y - textureField.y) < 12,
+    JSON.stringify({ textureField, dangling }),
+  );
+  await click(textureField.x, textureField.y);
+  await sleep(300);
+  const offered = (await json('__gm.menuRows()')) ?? [];
+  check(
+    'the Texture row offers the picture and no animation',
+    offered.includes(texture.name) && !offered.some((row) => row?.includes('(animation)') || row === 'Walk'),
+    JSON.stringify(offered),
+  );
+  await press('Escape');
+  await mutate(`
+    const assets = __gm.state.project.assets;
+    assets.splice(assets.findIndex((a) => a.id === 'tex-anim'), 1);
+    assets.find((a) => a.id === 'tex-sprite').props.texture = window.__texBefore;
+    __gm.state.select(null)`);
+  await sleep(300);
+
   // 12f. "+ → Texture" offers the pictures the server already holds, unreferenced ones included:
   //      paste a second picture, undo the asset (the file stays), then pick that file in the dialog.
   await evaluate(PASTE_SPARE);