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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1952

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Magazine Cover, Fortune

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Fortune. It is dated ca. 1947 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Grace Schulman. It is credited Gift of Grace Schulman.

Its dimensions are

48.9 × 38 cm (19 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, at upper right corner margin: Fortune

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Magazine Cover, Fortune; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Fortune; England; brush and gouache, graphite on board; 48.9 × 38 cm (19 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-10

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