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Poster, Reigate

This is a Poster. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and published by Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd. and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Company Ltd..

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from The Museum of Modern Art as part of Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.

It is dated 1915. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the department.

The Underground included a growing network of tram, bus, trolley, and train lines, both above and below ground. To sell these transport services, Kauffer introduced new artistic references with each poster. In Watford shows the influence of Vincent van Gogh’s cool color palette and watery garden views. For Reigate, Kauffer chose a Japanese style for his flat rendering of trees and the stamp for his signature.

It is credited The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer, 1939.

Poster, Godstone
lithograph.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-14

Poster, The North Downs
lithograph.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-15

Painterly-looking stylized print featuring, in the center, a large tree with branches stretched upwards into clusters of green leaves; creating a solid green area at the top with large, white, all caps, serif text: 'OXHEY WOODS' layered on top fitted across the width. The bark of the tree is a dark gray/almost black with long solid brush-like strokes with shades of beige to brown layered on top, appearing like tiles following the curvature of the trunk and branches. Below the tree an organic cloud-like shadow in a deep green on top of the lighter green grass and a blue on a yellow road; begins in the left corner foreground and curves diagonally to the right and upwards and bends around the right of the tree. The winding road continues into the background and cuts through a group of a variety of smaller-scaled, less detailed trees. The lower left-hand corner is scattered with various toadstools.

Poster, Oxhey Woods
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-13

Its dimensions are

H x W: 75.6 × 50.2 cm (29 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUtZi/
Accession Number 95.2019.2
Object ID 2318805159