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Drawing, Design for "American Airlines to Europe" Poster

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) American Airlines. It is dated October 1948 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is brush and gouache, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Paul Laird.

Its dimensions are

44.5 × 34.3 cm (17 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: Rough by E. McKnight Kauffer / October 1948

It is inscribed

In black ink, center left: If [illegible] can get practically / black with over [illegible] – / on the finish / so much the better / E.McK.K.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for "American Airlines to Europe" Poster; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: American Airlines (United States); USA; brush and gouache, pen and ink on paper; 44.5 × 34.3 cm (17 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.); 1991-22-1

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