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1931

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1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Study for a Perfume Advertisement

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on off-white tracing 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

33 × 25.5 cm (13 × 10 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Perfume Advertisement; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on off-white tracing paper; 33 × 25.5 cm (13 × 10 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-708

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