Object Details
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
London Passenger Transport Board, London, England
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a "Spring in the Country" Poster for the London Transport. At center, three butterflies on top of one another. The largest, at bottom, is brown and black, the center is yellow and white, and the top-most is in white outline on a blue ground. At top, in salmon and pink lettering: SPRING; below, in brown: IN THE COUNTRY. Photograph, lower right of a view toward woods from the corner of a field.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Date
ca. 1936
Accession Number
1963-39-513
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache, collaged photograph on paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 18.9 cm (11 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
made in
London, England, United Kingdom
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-39-513