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Drawing, Design for an Abstract Composition with Venus de Milo

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated September 1943 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

30.5 × 20.4 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and black gouache at bottom right: Rough by / E. McKnight Kauffer / 9/43

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Abstract Composition with Venus de Milo; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; brush and gouache on white paper; 30.5 × 20.4 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-881

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