Coffee Mill

c. 1940

Carl Buergerniss

Associated Names
Carl Buergerniss

Artist, American, 1877 - 1956

The image shows a vintage manual coffee grinder as the largest object. It has a wooden hopper on top, a metal crank with an ornate design, and a color palette of earthy browns, dark metal tones, green, and beige. The wooden hopper is at the top-right, and the crank extends to the right with the metalwork centered lower down.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.2 x 33.6 cm (17 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: rendering is exact size of object

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9455

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 493, no. 1790.

Inscriptions

lower right in colored pencil: Carl Buergerniss.

Wikidata ID

Q64537904

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