![On black ground, a disjointed face of a clown, made up of only small white eyes looking up, a large red nose that balances an upright red, white, and blue striped feather, a white thick outline of an open mouth with pink tongue inside, and a white cone hat. Behind, alternating purple and yellow dots with little white specks and stars forming a ring around the clown's face. At top, in diagonal stripes of white, gray, and yellow text: 'SUBWAY' [italicized] / 'POSTERS'. At bottom in yellow 'PERFORM' / in white 'DAILY BEFORE FIVE MILLION' / in gray 'PAIRS OF EYES' / [New York Subway Advertising Company logo in blue] at bottom center left.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/346778_b6174b25bba9c43c_b.jpg
"Poster, Subway Posters Perform")
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Poster, Subway Posters Perform
This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) New York Subway Advertising Company. It is dated before 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is lithograph on paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
Its dimensions are
104 × 74.3 cm (40 15/16 × 29 1/4 in.)
It is signed
Printed in script, in gray, lower left: E. McKnight Kauffer.
Cite this object as
Poster, Subway Posters Perform; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: New York Subway Advertising Company; lithograph on paper, lined; 104 × 74.3 cm (40 15/16 × 29 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-120
