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Print, Illustration for Benito Cereno, 1926
This is a Print. It was written by Herman Melville and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and published by Nonesuch Press and printed by The Curwen Press. It is dated 1926 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and brown, gray, and pink watercolor on 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
30.4 × 21 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and blue ink, in upper right margin: This guide is alright for colour and / shape – but use this –> / for the red in lips and / eyes / EMcK.K. [underlined]
Cite this object as
Print, Illustration for Benito Cereno, 1926; Written by Herman Melville (American, 1819–1891); Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by The Curwen Press (United Kingdom); Published by Nonesuch Press; USA; offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and brown, gray, and pink watercolor on paper; 30.4 × 21 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-307
