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Drawing, Design for a Book Cover, Indonesian Art

This is a Drawing. It was written by Robert von Heine-Geldern and created by Edward McKnight Kauffer and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and published by Asia Institute and made for (as the client) The Art Institute of Chicago. It is dated 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, photo collage on white 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

25.3 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso: R. von Heine-Gelden/Asia Inst./1948 (RPW)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Book Cover, Indonesian Art; Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Written by Robert von Heine-Geldern (Austrian, 1885–1968); Published by Asia Institute; Client: The Art Institute of Chicago; USA; brush and gouache, photo collage on white wove paper; 25.3 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-1208

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