Object Timeline

1935

  • Work on this object began.

1938

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2017

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Study for a Motif with Hand and Globes

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated 1935–1938 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

18.9 × 20.5 cm (7 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Motif with Hand and Globes; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; graphite, brush and watercolor on paper; 18.9 × 20.5 cm (7 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-959

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