Collaborations with Carey Gibbons | Edward McKnight Kauffer | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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On a stripe of blue ground at top right, a black silhouetted ionic column and a trowel, depicting an angled view of buildings. In blue and black text, center top: NEWS CHRONICLE; Bottom center in black and brown text: SCHOOLS EXHIBITION / DORLAND HALL / REGENT STREET / DECEMBER 20TH TO JANUARY 12TH 1938.

Poster, News Chronicle, Schools Exhibition, 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-96

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On black and blue ground, a yellow- and white-framed photograph of a desolate landscape with a farm and a man with a bag cycling along a road (presumably the postman). Text in black, upper left: A POSTMAN IN NORTHERN SCOTLAND; in blue and white, lower right: OUTPOSTS OF BRITAIN.

Poster, A Postman in Northern Scotland, Outposts of Britain, 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-89

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Perspectival view of a photograph of a rocky landscape, with a small house in the distance, and a woman placing something in a brick mailbox in the foreground, at left. An angular frame surrounding the image in black, gray and yellow. Text in grey, upper left: POSTING BOX AT LANDS END; lower left: OUTPOSTS OF BRITAIN

Poster, Posting Box at Land's End, Outposts of Britain, 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-88

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster advertisement for Gilbey's Rubicon Australian Burgundy wine. At center, a wine glass filled with red liquid, resting atop a blue stripe, both at an angle. Text in blue, black and red: W & A / GILBEY [vertically] / RUBICON / AUSTRALIAN [vertically] / BURGUNDY / 4/6 PER FLAGON.

Poster, Rubicon Australian Burgundy, ca. 1933
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-67

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Perspectival view of photograph of a seaport and two men in a small row boat—one rowing, the other standing—with city of London in the background. Around the image, an angular blue, gray and black frame. Below, text in black and white: A POSTMAN IN THE POOL OF LONDON / OUTPOSTS OF BRITAIN.

Poster, A Postman in the Pool of London, Outposts of Britain, 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-87

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster advertisement for British General Post Office. Poster shows an envelope above a plate, fork and knife on a gray ground, and in black text above and on this: POST / DURING / LUNCH. Below, in red: HOUR, on black background.

Poster, Post During Lunch Hour, 1937
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-86

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster design for Gas Light and Coke Company. Image of a tall orange building spire with a doll-like, star-shaped figure balancing on the point in a dark cloudy sky. Text in grey, black, white, and orange across image: THE NEW / SAYS MR THERM / GAS FIRES. Below in black, brown, red and blue text: LIGHT / THEMSELVES / 4 PENCE A WEEK BUYS ONE / THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY NEVER / LETS LONDON DOWN [star].

Poster, The New Gas Fires Light Themselves, 1935
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-80

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On a white ground, a photograph of a person on a motorcycle, wearing a helmet, on a curved black and yellow surface, leading to the upper right of poster. Behind, two vertical black columns; To the left, three horizontal gray and blue lines. Text, in orange and yellow, above: WELL DONE!; Below, in blue and underlined in yellow: WORLD / RECORDS / [in orange and yellow] VILLIERS / [in blue] THE SIMPLEST STURDIEST / MOTORCYCLES ARE / FITTED WITH THESE / VILLIERS ENGINES.

Poster, Well Done! Villiers, ca. 1928
lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-75

This object was made by W.S. Crawford Ltd..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster advertisement for Gilbey's Spey Royal scotch wiskey. At center, a large bottle filled with yellow liquid on a brown background. Text in dark and light brown, upper left: GILBEY’S; lower left: GUARANTEED / TEN YEARS OLD; right side: SPEY / ROYAL / SCOTCH WHISKY / 12'6.

Poster, Gilbey's Spey Royal Scotch Whiskey, ca. 1933
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-69

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster advertisement for Gilbey's Wrangoo Austral red wine. At top, in stylized blue text: WRANGOO. Below, in red block text: AUSTRAL RED WINE. To the right, a glass of red wine seen from above, superimposed over a black rectangle. Over the black rectangle in blue: 3/-. At bottom, in black text: GILBEY'S

Poster, Wrangoo Austral Red Wine, ca. 1933
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-68

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster advertisement for Gilbey's port wine. At center, a black bottle on a brown surface, a wine glass filled with red liquid before it. At left, a dark purple bunch of grapes with large brown leaf. Across center, in black and blue text: GILBEY’S. Lower section, in blue and black: INVALID / PORT.

Poster, Gilbey's Invalid Port, 1933
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-66

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

At center, figure in coattails with top hat in hand looks at a second figure whose back faces viewer, wearing a dark pink dress and black bonnet. They are standing on a slightly arced surface, flanked by red tulips with large green leaves. Above the couple, gold medallion on black and red banner reads: SINCE / 1802 / THE LONDON / DYERS AND / CLEANERS; From the banner falls stepped red yellow and green stripes creating a border around the central figures. Below, in green, yellow and red: EASTMAN / & SON DYERS & CLEANERS LTD / ACTON VALE / BRANCHES EVERYWHERE.

Poster, Since 1802, The London Dyers and Cleaners, ca. 1923
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-42

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Speckled blotches on white streaks against a black ground.

Drawing, Ink-Blot Picture, 1935–1938
brush and black gouache on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-997

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A photograph of two wrist watches, a spiral, a conch shell and clouds on a black ground. Above, text in white: The Poetry of Precision…The Geometry of Beauty / VULCAIN / GRAND / PRIX / WATCHES. Below: At fine jewelers.

Print, The Poetry of Precision...The Geometry of Beauty, for Vulcan Watch...
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-741

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Emerson In War and Peace Brings Its Story to the Nation, ca. 1944
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-738

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A photograph of a Renault car against a blue, white and red vertically-striped ground. Above in white and blue: FROM / FRANCE COMES THE NEW 1950 / RENAULT; below in white on black eight lines of advertising; RENAULT SELLING BRANCH, INC. . 1920 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. N. Y

Print, From France Comes the New 1950 Renault, 1950
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-737-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A photograph of a Renault car against a blue, white and red vertically-striped ground. Above in white and blue: FROM / FRANCE COMES THE NEW 1950 / RENAULT; below in white on black eight lines of advertising; RENAULT SELLING BRANCH, INC. . 1920 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. N. Y

Print, From France Comes the New 1950 Renault, 1950
offset lithographic proof on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-737-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Montana, for Container Corporation of America, ca. 1948
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-736

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

At the points of a triangle, photographs of a woman, girl and a spinning wheel. In the center, the letter “M” in white is draped with yellow fabric and text in yellow below: MANVILLE / FASHION / FABRICS. Nine lines of text in block lower right and lower left.

Print, Advertisement for Manville Fabrics, Inc., ca. 1948
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-733

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Photograph of a man walking on a triangular, striped ground, smoking a pipe and smiling. At right, the letter "M" in black is draped by a brown fabric. Below, superimposed on another triangle: MANVILLE FABRICS FOR MEN; below that, four lines of text: Thoroughbred styling traces largely to the fabric from which a garment is cut. When it’s a MANVILLE fabric, / tailoring quality is assured by the MANVILLE standard developed through 136 years of textile experience / …the draped “M” is your common denominator of dependability, your square root of style; a ready / formula for you, the discriminating designer…MANVILLE FABRICS, INC. / 16 East 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y.

Print, Advertisement for Manville Fabrics, Inc., ca. 1948
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-732

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

An American foot soldier, carrying his rifle is seen slogging through the rain in a poncho. Below, in black and pink: WE HAVE / Nylons and a block of six lines of text.

Print, Advertisement for Coat Corporation of America, ca. 1943
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-731

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Abraham Lincoln’s face is seen frontally against a sky with a single star. Below, a partial quotation from the Gettysburg Address and +text: THAT GOVERNMENT—OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE / SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH / [in bold:] BACK THE ATTACK / buy war bonds.

Print, Advertisement for American Silk Mills, Inc., 1943
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-730

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

The Liberty Bell with a compass superimposed upon it is seen in semi abstraction above Independence Hall, with the heading of the Declaration of Independence behind it. Text printed in black: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are the blessings / of a free people and the unalienable rights of all…

Print, Advertisement for American Silk Mills, Inc., New York Times Magazine,...
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-729-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

The Liberty Bell with a compass superimposed upon it is seen in semi abstraction above Independence Hall, with the heading of the Declaration of Independence behind it. Text in gray: IN CONGRESS, JULY 4 1776 / The unanimous Decl[...] States of America, .

Print, Advertisement for American Silk Mills, Inc., 1943
offset lithographic proof on thick paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-729-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Three tulips are shown blooming amidst barbed wire and bombed buildings silhouetted against a red and yellow background. Text printed below: With Victory, tulips will bloom again…the sun of freedom shine where / now is pagan darkness…tulips will bloom again. We pray that day be soon!

Print, Spring Fashion Forecast, New York Magazine, 1943
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-728

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Keep It Under Your Stetson, ca. 1943
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-726

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

At center, a large white arrow with a red cross on it points downwards and to the right towards the word, in white: GIVE. Text above: KEEP [in white] YOUR - [in blue] RED CROSS [in red] AT HIS SIDE [in white]. Image is on a black and blue background.

Drawing, Design for "Keep Your Red Cross at His Side" Poster, ca. 1944
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-599

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At center, a smoking, brick chimney, with gray rectangles (presumably blank checks, or bonds) entering its base from the left, and issuing from the other side as shells, with an American flag above. Text in black: WAR BONDS / MAKE SHELLS; in blue script on a diagonal, below: Keep on buying.

Drawing, Design for "War Bonds Make Shells" Poster, ca. 1944
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-597

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At center, a kneeling figure turned partly to the right right, facing a hangman’s noose, while an open book falls from the figure's fingers. Above, text in black block lettering: FREEDOM OF RELIGION; below: IN THE U.S.S.R.

Drawing, Design for "Freedom of Religion in the U.S.S.R." Poster, ca. 1947
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-596

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
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At center, a man wearing a blue shirt and brown trousers, stands holding a scythe over a green snake with alternating yellow swastikas and red dots, in a yellow landscape. A blue sky is inicated at top. Text in black above: LIBRES de TEMOR.

Drawing, Design for "Libres de Temor", July 27, 1942
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-595

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
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At center, a figure wearing a blue shirt and brown trousers, stands holding a scythe over a green snake, in a yellow landscape. A blue sky is indicated at top.

Drawing, Study of a Figure, for "Libres de Temor", 1942
brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-594

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
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Likely a study for a wartime poster. A large foreshortened bronze key, floating in a gray cloudy sky, whose tongue forms the letter V and carries the national flags of the USSR, Great Britain, China, and the United States.

Drawing, Study for Wartime Poster, ca. 1939
pastel on thin paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-591

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

At upper right, a conical oil can labeled SHELL LUBRICATING OIL, with lay figure holding a shell over its head, on top of the letter "T" of the word IT. At lower left, by the "I": STANDING / STARTING / RUNNING. Above: That is why HUMBER, HILLMAN and SUNBEAM-TALBOT / use and recommend DOUBLE SHELL OIL EXCLUSIVELY; below: STAYS ON THE JOB

Print, It Stays on the Job, ca. 1938
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-586

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Proof for a newspaper advertisment. At right, a conical oil can labeled SHELL LUBRICATING OIL, with lay figure holding a shell above its head, crossed by rays emanating from text in black, center left: IT. A diagonal line cuts across the composition from center left to lower right. Along the upper part of this line, as if constituting a pennant on a flagpole, text in black: STANDING / STARTING / RUNNING; At the terminus of the line, lower right: STAYS ON THE JOB / That is why HUMBER, HILLMAN and SUNBEAM-TALBOT / use and recommend DOUBLE SHELL OIL EXCLUSIVELY.

Print, It Stays on the Job, ca. 1938
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-583

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Proof for a newspaper advertisment for Shell-Mex and BP Ltd. In the center in black and white, a straw hat is seen on a grassy turf, with a butterfly on the crown. Text in black, upper left and center: SUMMER / SHELL; lower center and right: FROM / MAY TO OCTOBER.

Print, Summer Shell from May to October, ca. 1938
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-581

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.