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Drawing, Study for a Luggage Label, Orient Line

This is a Drawing. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.. It is dated Februrary 25, 1935 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and red, black, and white gouache on heavy 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

11.9 × 11.9 cm (4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in purple ink, verso: DESIGNED BY / 25 February 1935 / E MCK KAUFFER

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Luggage Label, Orient Line; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.; USA; brush and red, black, and white gouache on heavy paper; 11.9 × 11.9 cm (4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-560

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