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1929

  • Work on this object began.

1939

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

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Drawing, Study for "Cambridge Exhibition, Fascism & War"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated ca. 1934 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache, newsprint collage on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Edward McKnight Kauffer was an American designer who moved to London just before World War I and stayed until the advent of World War II. Inspired by cubist painting and collage, Kauffer often combined illustration with halftone reproductions of photographic elements—traditional lithography was his preferred means of reproduction. Cooper Hewitt’s extensive collection of Kauffer’s drawings and designs illuminates his process.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

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Its dimensions are

31.3 × 26.8 cm (12 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and black gouache, lower right: E. McK. Kauffer

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Cambridge Exhibition, Fascism & War"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; graphite, brush and gouache, newsprint collage on paper; 31.3 × 26.8 cm (12 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-962

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