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1939

  • Work on this object began.

1949

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Study for "Labor Supports"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Congress of Industrial Organizations. It is dated ca. 1944 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on illustration board. 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

28.2 × 21.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black gouache, lower right: Rough by / E. McKnight Kauffer

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Labor Supports"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Congress of Industrial Organizations; USA; brush and gouache, graphite on illustration board; 28.2 × 21.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-602

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