Still Life with Discarded Pitcher

Robert Brackman

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)

Title

Still Life with Discarded Pitcher

Date

ca. 1940

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

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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Frequent Art Questions

  • Who painted this?

    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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