Box Cars in Indianapolis (Refrigerator Cars)
Edmund Brucker, American, 1912 - 1999
about 1947
Oil on canvas
Overall: 19 15/16 × 30 in. (50.7 × 76.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
P.949.93
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left: E. BRUCKER. Label on frame: S. Ayers & Co. Art Exhibition/ Indianapolis, Indiana / November 11 -22, 1947 / Edmond Brucker / 3502 N. LA SALLE, INDIAN / BOX CARS IN INDIANAPOLIS / OIL/ Cat. no. 65c no. 26. Label from 30TH MAY SHOW / THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART May 5 to June 13, 1948: Inscribed by artist on label: EDMUND BRUCKER/ REFRIGERATOR CARS
Exhibition History
S. Ayers & Co. Art Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 11-22, 1947.
The Cleveland Museum of Art 30th May Show, Cleveland, Ohio, May 5-June 13, 1948.
Provenance
Cleveland Museum of Art; sold to present collection, 1949.
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