Writing Desk
1939
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.4 x 30.4 cm (15 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 41 1/2"high; 39"wide; 18"deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4966
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...