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Drawing, Design for The United Nations
This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) United Nations. It is dated August 6, 1946 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache. 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
62.2 × 48.3 cm (24 1/2 in. × 19 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in black ink, at bottom right corner: Rough [written in script, in black ink] / DESIGN BY / E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER / August 6 1946 [written in script, in black ink]; Stamped in black ink on verso, at center: "MONOGRAM' / [company logo] / ILLUSTRATION BOARD / THIN AND THICK / 20x30 22x30 30x40 / FAVOR, RUHL AND COMPANY / NEW YORK CHICAGO [all encompased by a black rectangle]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for The United Nations; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: United Nations; USA; brush and gouache; 62.2 × 48.3 cm (24 1/2 in. × 19 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-159
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
