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Drawing, Study for "Quickest Way by Air Mail"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and black ink and white gouache, graphite on heavy white wove 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

11.5 × 25.9 cm (4 1/2 × 10 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Quickest Way by Air Mail"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; USA; pen and black ink, brush and black ink and white gouache, graphite on heavy white wove paper; 11.5 × 25.9 cm (4 1/2 × 10 3/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-900

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rebeca Méndez Selects.

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