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Design for an Abstraction Composition

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    Object Details

    Designer

    E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Design for an abstract composition. At center, an arrangement of rectangles in black, yellow, blue and white on a gray background. Surrounding the composition, near the boundary of the gray ground, graphite framing lines.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Grace Schulman

    Date

    1947

    Accession Number

    1997-134-9

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper

    Dimensions

    42.5 × 35 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

    made in

    New York, New York, 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/kq4e79798dd-c914-47fc-8509-7708d87ca259

    Record ID

    chndm_1997-134-9

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