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1932

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1942

  • Work on this object ended.

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  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Studies for a General Post Office Campaign

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated ca. 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, brush and black gouache 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

29 × 19.6 cm (11 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: Plaza / 8944; McKnight / 3.50.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Studies for a General Post Office Campaign; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; USA; graphite, brush and black gouache on paper; 29 × 19.6 cm (11 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-636

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