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The Pie Wagon
Carl Gaertnerc. 1926
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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 <em>The Pie Wagon</em>. 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.
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- Title: The Pie Wagon
- Creator: Carl Gaertner (American, 1898–1952)
- Date Created: c. 1926
- Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 105.8 x 153 cm (41 5/8 x 60 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.371
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: signed lower left: Carl Gaertner.
- Fun Fact: Star Bakery—identified by the logo on the wagon—was a flourishing business in Cleveland at the time.
- Department: American Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carl Gaertner
- Collection: American - Cleveland School
- Accession Number: 1953.371
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