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Drawing, Design for Fortune, Abstract Queen

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Fortune. It is dated September 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, white crayon, graphite on 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

40.2 × 33.7 cm (15 13/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and blue ink, at bottom right corner: Rough by E. McKnight Kauffer / September 1948

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Fortune, Abstract Queen; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Fortune; USA; brush and gouache, white crayon, graphite on paper; 40.2 × 33.7 cm (15 13/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-1216

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