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Advertising Design for ShurEdge Knives: Santa Toy

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Paul Rand, American, 1914–1996

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Santa Claus (a collaged cut-out) in shape of bounce-back punching toy. He holds a box of knives in each hand and has 3 single knives and 1 boxed set of knives tucked into his belt. Shur Edge logo (name lined across silver pointed triangle), upper right. Caption at upper left: "gifts that sure have an edge... for Christmas!" Series of parallel lines, indicating placement for text, at upper right.

Credit Line

Gift of James Howard Fraser

Date

ca. 1946–1949

Accession Number

2000-68-5

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Color crayon, graphite on cream tracing paper

Dimensions

41.4 x 34.8 cm (16 5/16 x 13 11/16 in. )

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq425a62637-8b9d-4a24-ae80-07cda5a69485

Record ID

chndm_2000-68-5

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