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1942

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1963

  • We acquired this object.

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2024

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Document, For the Conquered, Steel! Not Bread

This is a Document. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and featuring artwork by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Abbott Laboratories. It is dated 1942 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.

Its dimensions are

35.5 × 21.8 cm (14 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, lower margin: REPRODUCED here from the original painting, this poster by / E. McKnight Kauffer is one of thirteen done by noted artists / such as Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry under the / sponsorship of Abbott Laboratories for the government. The / details of its possible propaganda use in conquered countries / are a secret. For the U. S., 175,000 copies will be printed.; below, at lower left: 12

Cite this object as

Document, For the Conquered, Steel! Not Bread; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Abbott Laboratories; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 35.5 × 21.8 cm (14 × 8 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-604

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