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1943

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for "Chicago"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) American Airlines. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper, mounted on thick 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.

  • Textile, Big City
  • cotton.
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 2007-5-2
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Its dimensions are

24 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for "Chicago"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: American Airlines (United States); USA; brush and gouache on paper, mounted on thick white paper; 24 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-162

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