The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Study for "Flying Ponies (Euclid Beach Park)"

ca. 1932

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
America
black crayon on wove paper
Sheet: 15.3 x 22.8 cm (6 x 9 in.)
Gift of Carol and Mike Sherwin 2015.519
© Carl Gaertner
Location: Not on view

Description

In this small, rapidly rendered study, Gaertner resolved all of the major compositional elements for his ambitious painting of the same name.
  • Adele Schwarz Gaertner (widow of the artist) [1893-1953]
    Carol and Michael Sherwin Collection, Cleveland, OH
    March 7, 2016
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "Flying Ponies.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 6 (November/December 2016): 16. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 16 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Study for "Flying Ponies (Euclid Beach Park)"|url=false|author=Carl Gaertner|year=ca. 1932|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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