Mortar and Pestle
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.2 x 35.1 cm (11 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 3/4" high; 12 1/4" 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
1943.8.12662
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...