Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Study for an illustration for a Knopf edition (unpublished) of Carl Van Vechten's controversial novel, N***** Heaven, originally published in 1926. Two figures, abstractly rendered, facing one another. The figure on the left is depicted standing, and wearing a long red robe or dress. The figure on the right appears to be in a seated position, and is dressed in black. The figure in red raises one hand above the head of the figure in black. Yellow brushstrokes suggest the background surrounding the two figures.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Author
- Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880–1964
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA
- Date
- 1930
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.6 × 27 cm (13 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
