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1933

  • Work on this object began.

1943

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2024

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Print, Exhibition of Pictures in Advertising

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.. It is dated ca. 1938 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on off-white board. 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

20.3 × 16.5 cm (8 in. × 6 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in black ink, center right: McKnight Kauffer

Cite this object as

Print, Exhibition of Pictures in Advertising; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.; USA; offset lithograph on off-white board; 20.3 × 16.5 cm (8 in. × 6 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-589

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