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1937

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1947

  • Work on this object ended.

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  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for "United and Serve"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) American Women's Voluntary Services. It is dated ca. 1942 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache on board. 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

76.3 × 56 cm (30 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black gouache, center right: E. McKnight Kauffer

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for "United and Serve"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: American Women's Voluntary Services; USA; brush and gouache on board; 76.3 × 56 cm (30 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-158

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