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The image features a wooden-handled mirror, a multicolored patterned fabric pouch, and a combination of a straight-edged razor and fork. The items are arranged in the composition with the mirror on the right, the fabric pouch in the center, and the razor with the fork on the left. The color palette includes earth tones of browns and reds, along with muted greens and blues in the fabric.
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The image features a wooden-handled mirror, a multicolored patterned fabric pouch, and a combination of a straight-edged razor and fork. The items are arranged in the composition with the mirror on the right, the fabric pouch in the center, and the razor with the fork on the left. The color palette includes earth tones of browns and reds, along with muted greens and blues in the fabric.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Army Kit

Carl Buergerniss

Date
c. 1942
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 40.7 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8349
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite (cut off): Carl B verso: upper center in graphite: Pictorial War Records / Soldier's Kit from the / "Civil War" 1861 - 1866 / Present owner Wm Kirkner / 6419 Limekiln Pike Germantown Pa. / Carl Buergerniss / 123 Akron Ave. Wes

NGA object ID 20547. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.