Ice Water Pitcher
Carl Buergerniss
1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 36.7 cm (18 x 14 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 3/4" high; 7 1/2" in diameter
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.14122
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...