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Drawing, Design for an Invitation, Reimann London Opening

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) The Reimann School and Studios of Industrial and Commercial Art. It is dated January 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and blue, white, and gray gouache, cellophane collage 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

12.7 × 15 cm (5 × 5 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Invitation, Reimann London Opening; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: The Reimann School and Studios of Industrial and Commercial Art; USA; brush and blue, white, and gray gouache, cellophane collage on paper; 12.7 × 15 cm (5 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-877

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