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Print, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court
This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press and made for (as the client) London Passenger Transport Board. It is dated ca. 1937 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.
- Poster, Schützt das Kind! (Protect the Child!)
- offset lithograph on wove paper, lined.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 1999-46-1
![A vertical poster for the German section of the Exhibition of the Society of Decorative Arts dominated by overlapping asymmetrical geometric shapes in blue, black and cream. A grey semicircle and a cream-grey sphere float in the center, while nine, white diagonal lines grow top to bottom from the center left, small sections of the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lines from the top are red, and a small black and white figure dressed in overalls and a black bowler hat stands between the seventh and eight lines. Lowercase French text in cream at the top reads [section allemande], meaning [German Section], while at the bottom lowercase French text in cream, pale blue and grey reads [exposition de la société des artistes décorateurs grand palais 14 mai to 13 juillet], meaning [Exhibition of the Society of Decorative Arts, Grand Palais 14th May to 13th July], with the word 'exposition' highlighted in red. The graphic designer of the poster Herbert Bayer has his signature in lowercase black letters at the lower right, whilst at the very bottom right of the poster in black capital letters is written H. CHACHOIN IMP PARIS 1930.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/359108_429ceab35189ca32_n.jpg "Poster, Section Allemande (German Section), Exposition de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs (Exhibition of the Society of Decorative Arts), Grand Palais")
- Poster, Section Allemande (German Section), Exposition de la Société des...
- lithograph.
- 15.2019.1
Its dimensions are
25.5 × 32 cm (10 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Signed in blue, lower right: E. McKnight Kauffer
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, lower left: 37.4298.14.000; lower right: The Baynard Press
Cite this object as
Print, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press; Client: London Passenger Transport Board (England, GB, United Kingdom); England; offset lithograph on paper; 25.5 × 32 cm (10 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-169
