Still Life with Discarded Pitcher

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Robert Brackman (American, 1898 – 1980). Still Life with Discarded Pitcher, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 36 3/16 in. (71.8 x 91.9 cm) frame: 37 x 44 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (94 x 113.7 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, by exchange, 41.1084. © Estate of Robert Brackman. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
Still Life with Discarded Pitcher
Date
ca. 1940
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
28 1/4 x 36 3/16 in. (71.8 x 91.9 cm) frame: 37 x 44 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (94 x 113.7 x 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, by exchange
Accession Number
41.1084
Rights
© Estate of Robert Brackman
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This is Robert Brackman's "Still Life with a Discarded Pitcher." Brackman was born in Ukraine in 1898 and emigrated to New York in 1898. He studied at the National Academy of Design and he worked in several genres, including portraits, figures, and still lifes like this one!
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