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1947

  • Work on this object began.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Design for an Abstraction Composition

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. It is dated 1947 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on 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

42.5 × 35 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and black gouache, lower right: E McKnight Kauffer / '47

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Abstraction Composition; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); England; brush and gouache, graphite on white paper; 42.5 × 35 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.); Gift of Grace Schulman; 1997-134-9

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