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1935

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1963

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Drawing, Design for "National Benzole Mixture"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is airbrush and paint, brush and gouache, pen and black ink, collage 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.

Its dimensions are

22.5 × 43 cm (8 7/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black gouache, center right: McKnight Kauffer / - '35

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for "National Benzole Mixture"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.; England; airbrush and paint, brush and gouache, pen and black ink, collage on paper; 22.5 × 43 cm (8 7/8 × 16 15/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-551

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