Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Study for an advertisement in "The Wizard from the Wall" series. In black and white, at top, an abstract figure dressed as a harlequin bends to the left over a table. Upper right margin, text in graphite: I AM THE WIZARD / FROM THE WALL; below the figure: LISTEN TO ME! / YOU ARE SURE TO SEE ME OFTEN / TO-M [three lines left blank for copy] / MAKE ELECTRICITY THE SERVANT / IN YOUR HOME [star].
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- Gas Light and Coke Company, London, England, United Kingdom
- Date
- October 21, 1935
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.5 × 24 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
