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Print, All Europe
This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Edward McKnight Kauffer and American Airlines. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph 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 lithogaph on paper poster encouraging travel to California with American Airlines. A black and white photograph of a female figure in a swimming costume is montaged into an illustrated beach scene with golden sand, piled infront of her pointed toes, and a rectangular strip of blue ocean with white waves stretching behind her legs to the right. The figure appears to toss a large red, orange and yellow beach ball into the air in the center right. Blue and black capitalised, italicised text in the upper center says [AMERICAN/ AIRLINES], followed by orange capitalised, italicised text, printed at a diagonal towards the right corner, in the center, which says [TO CALIFORNIA]. The American Airlines logo in orange and brown follows this text and is represented by two capital letter As with a bird of prety between them with its wings stretched upwards. The poster is signed in blue ink [E. McKnight Kauffer] in the lower right under the waves.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/65113_3fa58db5258f93ac_n.jpg "Poster, American Airlines to California, 1948")
- Poster, American Airlines to California, 1948
- lithograph.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-131
Its dimensions are
24.1 × 17.7 cm (9 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.)
It is signed
Printed in script in blue ink, lower center: E. McKnight Kauffer
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, lower left: LITHO IN U.S.A.
Cite this object as
Print, All Europe; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: American Airlines (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper; 24.1 × 17.7 cm (9 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-164-f
