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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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2025

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Drawing, Design for an Advertisement, How To Make Your Commercial Vehicle Pay

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated ca. 1935 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on cream thick 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

42 × 47 cm (16 9/16 × 18 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and blue gouache, below the center tire: E. McK. Kauffer

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at center in both upper and lower margins: fold line [arrow pointing to framing line]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Advertisement, How To Make Your Commercial Vehicle Pay; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on cream thick paper; 42 × 47 cm (16 9/16 × 18 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-723

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