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1953

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2024

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Poster, Ireland, Fly Pan American

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Pan American World Airways. It is dated 1953 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset 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.

  • Sidewall (France)
  • block-printed on machine-made paper.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1931-45-59

Its dimensions are

107.3 × 76.4 cm (42 1/4 × 30 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in green ink, lower right: E. McKnight Kauffer

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, lower left: Copyright 1953, PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.; lower right: LITHO IN U.S.A.

Cite this object as

Poster, Ireland, Fly Pan American; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Pan American World Airways (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper, lined; 107.3 × 76.4 cm (42 1/4 × 30 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-122

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