Electric Generator

c. 1940

Carl Buergerniss

Associated Names
Carl Buergerniss

Artist, American, 1877 - 1956

The image displays a wooden contraption with a clear, glass-like cylinder in the center. It is mounted horizontally between two vertical wooden supports with a handle attached to the left side. The color palette is mostly natural wood browns and tans, with the cylinder being transparent and grayish. The object is positioned in the center of the image with the handle extending to the left and resting on a cross-shaped wooden base.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 40.7 cm (12 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9843

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 166, no. 325.

Inscriptions

lower right in colored pencil: Carl Buergerniss.

Wikidata ID

Q64537905

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