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1954

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Study for an Abstract Composition with Rectangles

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 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

50.9 × 40.8 cm (20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for an Abstract Composition with Rectangles; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); England; brush and gouache, graphite on off-white paper; 50.9 × 40.8 cm (20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-19

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