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Drawing, Study for The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

This is a Drawing. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe and designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1946 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and watercolor, brush and gouache on off-white paper. 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

27.8 × 20.9 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Published by Alfred A. Knopf; England; brush and watercolor, brush and gouache on off-white paper; 27.8 × 20.9 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-11

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