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Study for an Advertisement, Orient Line

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Study for an Orient Line advertising poster. A yellow rope looped through an orange ship's anchor encircles the globe of the world showing Europe and Africa. At top in light blue text, upper right: ORIENT; lower left: LINE.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd., London, United Kingdom, 1879 - 1998
Date
June 20, 1934
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Brush, and gouache, graphite on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
28.7 × 23 cm (11 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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