Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Studies of four heads and two figures with two additional studies crossed out. Each study is separated by areas that have been blacked out in ink. At center top, a face in left profile, depicted only from the nose down. The face is smiling broadly to show large teeth. In right corner, a bald head turned slightly to the left with the ride side of their face in shadow. Below, a face seen frontally, with short, slicked back hair and a collared shirt and tie indicated around the neck. At bottom left, a face seen in left profile with a cigarette between their lips. In the same frame, below the smoking face, a reclining nude figure leaning on one elbow. Above Two studies that have been crossed out. In top left corner, a kneeling nude figure in left profile with left arm raised to their head. The figure appears to wear long black stockings or boots.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and black ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 29 × 25 cm (11 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
