Object Details
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for an American Airlines poster encouraging travel to Chicago. Aerial view of the cityscape of Chicago showing a river running through the middle of skyscrapers, including a depiction of what is likely the Wrigley Building. Text in white and black, upper center: AMERICAN AIRLINES; in white, lower right: CHICAGO.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Date
ca. 1948
Accession Number
1963-39-162
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on thick white paper
Dimensions
24 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
made in
USA
place depicted
Chicago
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-39-162