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Drawing, Study for an Advertisement, Orient Line

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.. It is dated 1934 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, blue and black color pencil on graph paper, mounted on blue 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

15.1 × 10.1 cm (5 15/16 × 4 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for an Advertisement, Orient Line; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.; USA; graphite, blue and black color pencil on graph paper, mounted on blue board.; 15.1 × 10.1 cm (5 15/16 × 4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-554

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