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Illustration for Don Quixote

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Illustration for a Nonesuch Press edition of Miguel de Cervantes' 1605 novel, Don Quixote. A large bearded face at center, rendered in black and shaded in blue and red.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Publisher
Nonesuch Press, London, England, United Kingdom
Author
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish, 1547–1616
Printer
The Curwen Press, London, England
Date
1930
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and blue and red watercolor on paper
Dimensions
22.9 × 14.2 cm (9 × 5 9/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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