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1946

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1997

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Collage, Design for a Magazine Cover with Bells

This is a Collage. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Brighton Warp and Weft. It is dated May 27, 1946 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and gouache, paper collage, graphite on heavy paper, mounted on illustration 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

45.8 × 38.2 cm (18 1/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, lower right: DESIGN BY / E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, above stamp: Rough; in pen and black ink, below stamp: 27/5/46

Cite this object as

Collage, Design for a Magazine Cover with Bells; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Brighton Warp and Weft; England; brush and gouache, paper collage, graphite on heavy paper, mounted on illustration board; 45.8 × 38.2 cm (18 1/16 × 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-21

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