Object Details
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd., London, England, United Kingdom
Printer
Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, England
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Poster design for the London Underground, advertising an exhibition at the Imperial Institute which can be reached by the railway. At center, abstracted rendering of a totem pole in profile. Text in rust, blue and black, upper center: EXHIBITION; center left: NATIVE / ART FROM / BRITISH / COLUMBIA; lower right: IMPERIAL / INSTITUTE / MARCH MA Y / ADMISSION FEE / NEAREST STATION / SOUTH KENSINGTON
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Date
1929
Accession Number
1963-39-44
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper, lined
Dimensions
101.5 × 63.3 cm (39 15/16 × 24 15/16 in.)
made in
London, England, United Kingdom
place depicted
London, England, United Kingdom
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-39-44