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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

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Drawing, Design for a Motif with Tree Trunk, Leaf, and Acorn

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated February 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, brush and black gouache on cream 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.

  • Bandbox (USA)
  • block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
  • Gift of Alexander Wilson Drake.
  • 1913-9-1-a,b

Its dimensions are

24.1 × 15.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 in.)

It is signed

Signed on verso, in pen and black ink: Design by / E. McKnight Kauffer / Feb. 1936

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Motif with Tree Trunk, Leaf, and Acorn; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; graphite, brush and black gouache on cream paper; 24.1 × 15.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-875

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