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Design for an Invitation, Reimann London Opening

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Study for an invitation for the Reimann School. On recto, at bottom, an abstracted letter R formed by a collaged piece of black polka-dotted cellophane, turned on its side at an angle. The letter is set against a blue rectangle with white gridded lines. Above, an A-shaped artist’s palette formed from the same black polka-dotted cellophane. The background is covered by a gray grid. On verso, in light blue and black text: REIMANN SCHOOL AND STUDIOS / LONDON / OPENING / JANUARY 1937.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
The Reimann School and Studios of Industrial and Commercial Art, London
Date
January 1937
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Brush and blue, white, and gray gouache, collaged cellophane on paper
Dimensions
12.7 × 15 cm (5 × 5 7/8 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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