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1943

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Advertisement for Container Corporation, Montana

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America. It is dated ca. 1948 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 featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Montana.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

28.2 × 20.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in brown ink, lower right: E. McKnight Kauffer

Cite this object as

Print, Advertisement for Container Corporation, Montana; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Container Corporation of America (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper; 28.2 × 20.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-736

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