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Poster, B.P. Ethyl
This is a Poster. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Shell-Mex and BP Ltd..
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
In the early 1930s, Kauffer acquired a cutting-edge Leica camera and began to experiment with photography. Photomontage emerged as an important element of his design practice. In some cases, such as with this lithograph, he used his own photography. Kauffer incorporated his photograph of a monumental sculpture from the Place de la Concorde in Paris to playfully allude to the term “horsepower.”
It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
- Drawing, Study for "You Can Be Sure of Shell"
- brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-546
- Poster, Stonehenge, See Britain First on Shell!
- lithograph.
- Museum purchase from Friends of Drawings and Prints Fund.
- 1989-90-1
- Print, Exhibition of Pictures in Advertising
- offset lithograph on off-white board.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-589
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Maquette, Maquette for B.P. Ethyl
- gelatin silver prints, cut paper, gouache and airbrush.
- Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
- 92.2019.15
- Drawing, Design for "You Can Be Sure of Shell"
- brush and gouache and graphite on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-548
- Drawing, Design for "Merchants Prefer Shell"
- brush and gouache on black paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-538
Its dimensions are
75.6 × 113.7 cm (29 3/4 × 44 3/4 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
