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The Pie Wagon

c. 1926

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 105.8 x 153 cm (41 5/8 x 60 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Carl Gaertner 1953.371
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Star Bakery—identified by the logo on the wagon—was a flourishing business in Cleveland at the time.

Description

One of the most widely exhibited artists working in Cleveland, Gaertner specialized in painting the city and its environs. His favored subjects include scenes of Cleveland’s industrial heyday, including The Pie Wagon. In this painting, the artist focused attention on the laborers who spend their lunch break milling around a horse-drawn bakery wagon in the shadows of the hulking factories.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a snowy industrial yard dominated by towering tan and dark brown structures on the left. Figures gather on the blue-streaked snow in the foreground, one wearing a red coat. To the right, a yellow horse-drawn wagon with a red star sits near a small shed and telephone pole. Hazy gray plumes billow from distant chimneys into a dark, clouded sky.

The Pie Wagon

c. 1926

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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