A stylized vertical black and white print of tall tightly arranged sunflowers in curved white cylindrical vase, centered in the upper right with large negative space in lower portion of paper. Light source seems to come from upper right side like intense sunlight casting solid white beams contrasting with the cross-hatched shadows. The flower arrangement, appearing top heavy, is predominately solid black with white detail work to delineate lines in the leaves and stems, shape of petals, seed texture of the flowers' centers. The right edge has a thin portion of a self with three small tear-drop or leaf-shaped figurines.

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Object Timeline

1922	Work on this object began.
1963	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2018	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Print, Sunflowers in a Vase

This is a Print. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. It is dated 1922 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is woodblock print and black ink 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.

Drawing, Still Life
watercolor.
Simon Rendall Collection.
78.2019.6

Print, Bradford: View of a Town
woodcut.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Jeanne C. Thayer Fund, 1977.
95.2019.20

Print, Housetops
linocut.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
97.2019.5

Its dimensions are

42.6 × 26.5 cm (16 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, at bottom right corner of image: E. McKnight Kauffer 22

Cite this object as

Print, Sunflowers in a Vase; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; woodblock print and black ink on paper; 42.6 × 26.5 cm (16 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-1182

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CxFX/
Accession Number 1963-39-1182
Object ID 18447129