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Drawing, Study for "National Benzole Mixture"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and manufactured by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.. It is dated July 11, 1933 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, airbrush 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

28.5 × 10 cm (11 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in purple ink on verso, at center: DESIGNED BY / 11 JUL 1933 / E. MCK. KAUFFER

It is signed

Signed in black ink, center right: E.McK.K.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "National Benzole Mixture"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.; USA; brush and gouache, airbrush on paper; 28.5 × 10 cm (11 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-550

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