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1931

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1941

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1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for an Advertisement

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) S. London Ltd.. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and black, blue gouache, silver paint on thick 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

29.2 × 22.8 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black gouache, lower left: McK. K.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Advertisement; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: S. London Ltd.; USA; brush and black, blue gouache, silver paint on thick paper; 29.2 × 22.8 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-697

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