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1954

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for an Abstract Composition with Crown and Hands

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. It is dated n.d. and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on cream 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

18.5 × 24.1 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and gray gouache, lower right: E McKnight Kauffer

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Abstract Composition with Crown and Hands; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); England; brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper; 18.5 × 24.1 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-12

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