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Design for Fortune, Shipping Cargo

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    Object Details

    Designer

    E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954

    Client

    Fortune, New York, New York, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Design for the cover of an issue of Fortune magazine. Image of the interior of a cargo ship. At bottom center are two blue silhouettes of workers, one is pushing a barrel at center and the other to the right is leaning against cargo containers. Seen at top is the opening where another worker signals down a crane, lowering a cargo container.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer

    Date

    November 1945

    Accession Number

    1963-39-1217

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and gouache, graphite on illustration board

    Dimensions

    42.7 × 35.5 cm (16 13/16 × 14 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/kq41324f02f-1cd1-423d-a8e7-110ce974a21c

    Record ID

    chndm_1963-39-1217

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