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1944

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Book Cover, Design for "Famous Ghost Stories"

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and published by Random House and edited by Bennett Alfred Cerf. It is dated 1944 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

20.8 × 14.2 cm (8 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso: 1944

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Design for "Famous Ghost Stories"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Edited by Bennett Alfred Cerf (American, 1898–1971); Published by Random House (United States); USA; graphite, brush and gouache on wove paper; 20.8 × 14.2 cm (8 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-1203

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