# Otter Cliffs

**Arnold William Brunner** (American, 1857–1925)  
1879–80  
Graphite and white heightening on gray paper  
15.1 × 22.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1948-47-249. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/98758).

## About this work

Enclosed scene of mountains, top. Bottom, larger scene looking out to sea, lower right two figures sitting.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

Arnold William Brunner drew this in 1879–80, aged 22. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [Arnold William Brunner](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/arnold-william-brunner)

American, 1857–1925

Arnold W. Brunner was a New York architect who trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and sketched widely in Europe as a young man. He designed public buildings, hospitals and synagogues, including the Central Park West building of Congregation Shearith Israel, and worked on civic plans, notably Cleveland’s Group Plan with Daniel Burnham and John Carrère. His travel sketches show an architect’s eye for structure and detail.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 22
- Real size: about 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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