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Drawing, Study for an Exhibition Annoucement
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 1934 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache on heavy black 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.
![A cream State Bauhaus questionnaire from Weimar with the German words [Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar], meaning [State Bauhaus, Weimar], printed in black at the top of the sheet. Beneath this three geometric shapes float in a triangle formation, a blue square to the right, a yellow triangle to the left and a red circle underneath in the center. Below this are three fields printed in German in black: first; [Specialität (Beruf):] meaning [Speciality (job);], next to which is handwritten in German in black ink [Males], meaning [painter], second; [Geschlecht:] meaning [Gender:], next to which is handwritten in German in black ink [wbl] shorthand for [female], and third: [Nationalität:] meaning [Nationality:], next to which is handwritten in German in black ink [geb deutsche] meaning [German]. Below are instructions on how to fill out the questionnaire printed in German in black which state [Die 3 aufgezeichneten Formen sind mit 3 Farben auszufüllen -gelb, rot u blau und zwar so daß eine Form von einer Farbe vollständig ausgefüllt wird:] meaning [The three recorded forms should be filled out in the three colors yellow, red and blue, so that each form is completely filled out in each color]. Underneath this the German text [Wenn möglich ist eine Begründung dieser Verteilung beizufügen] meaning [If possible justification for this distribution should be included] is printed in black, followed by a line and then the German word [Begründung] meaning [Reason].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/358855_a395d3fda7ba11c3_n.jpg "Questionnaire, Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar (State Bauhaus Weimar), 1923")
- Questionnaire, Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar (State Bauhaus Weimar), 1923
- gouache and ink on printed paper.
- Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
- 15.2019.15
Its dimensions are
15.3 × 12.8 cm (6 in. × 5 1/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Study for an Exhibition Annoucement; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.; USA; brush and gouache on heavy black paper; 15.3 × 12.8 cm (6 in. × 5 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-539
