Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Study for a Gillette Safety Razor Company advertisement, featuring the company’s signature blade. At center, two depictions of a razor blade. The blade at left, slightly above the other, is rendered in negative, showing only its form. The second blade, at right, slightly below the other, is a paper collage and inscribed with the Gillette logo [oriented to be parallel to the razor edge] on the right side and text in outline on the left side: MADE IN ENGLAND. At top of page, in large text, outlined in black: GILLETTE. At lower left quadrant on page, graphite lines indicating space for copy. At bottom right corner: [Gillette diamond-shaped logo]. Framing lines in graphite surrounding entire image.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- The Gillette Safety Razor Company, USA
- Date
- May 8, 1933
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and white gouache, airbrush and black ink, graphite, paper collage on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.9 × 18.3 cm (3 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
