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Drawing, Design for an Illustration, "From Shakespeare to Shakespeare"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Seventeen. It is dated ca. 1954 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite, paper collage 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

50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

It is signed

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

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Illustration, "From Shakespeare to Shakespeare"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Seventeen; England; brush and gouache, graphite, paper collage on board; 50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-8

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