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Drawing, Design for "Washington"
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) American Airlines. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. 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.
![An offset lithograph on paper poster encouraging travel to Paris with American Airlines. A photoillustration of a winged figure in long following robes leans towards the left and is colored in yellow which fades to turquoise from left to right. This figure represents the iconic Winged Victory of Samothrace from the Louvre Collection and takes up three quarters of the poster from the lower center. Capitalised italicised text in black and turquoise in the upper center printed on a right facing diagonal towards the upper right corner states [AMERICAN AIRLINES], followed by a black diagonal line stretching from the left edge of the first 'A' in [AMERICAN] to the lower right edge of the paper. Underneath this the word [PARIS] is printed in the center right in capital letters alternating between black and turquoise wih the letter 'R' in red. In the lower right corner beneath the figure's robe is the American Airlines logo in light blue, represented by two capital letter As with a bird of prey in between with its wings stretched upwards. Beneath this is the designer's signature [E. McKnight Kauffer] in light blue ink. The poster is inscribed in black capitalised letters [LITHO IN U. S. A.] in the lower left.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/324643_e244fd6dd50b0c72_n.jpg "Poster, American Airlines to Paris")
- Poster, American Airlines to Paris
- lithograph.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-141
Its dimensions are
38.3 × 28 cm (15 1/16 × 11 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for "Washington"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: American Airlines (United States); USA; brush and gouache on paper; 38.3 × 28 cm (15 1/16 × 11 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-160
