Bureau Box
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 36 x 44.4 cm (14 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" high; 10 1/2" long; 5 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8844
About the Artist
Carl Buergerniss
**Carl Buergerniss** (1877–1956) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who later made his home in Island Heights, New Jersey. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a leading institution that shaped many American artists of his era, and exhibited there regularly from 1901 to 1930. While specific teachers are not documented in available sources, his training a...