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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2025

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Print, Printer's Proof for Letterhead

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Lumium Limited. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is letterpress on white wove 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

5.5 × 21.5 cm (2 3/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right:10=11; lower right: X

Cite this object as

Print, Printer's Proof for Letterhead; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Lumium Limited; England; letterpress on white wove paper; 5.5 × 21.5 cm (2 3/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-690-c

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