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Study for Imperial Airways Advertisement

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Likely a study for an Imperial Airways (now, British Airways) advertisement or logo. At center right, a crescent shape in gray, bisected by a vertical black line which terminates at the bottom with a black triangle pointing to the left. The arrangement seems to form an abstract rendering of a bird in flight.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
British Airways, England
Date
ca. 1935
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Graphite, brush and gouache on thin paper
Dimensions
11.4 × 9.4 cm (4 1/2 × 3 11/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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