Foot Warmer
1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 28.1 x 36.8 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" high; 7 1/2" wide; 5 1/4" deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16079
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...