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Design for "Germany" Poster

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a travel poster advertising Germany, likely for Pan American Airlines or American Airlines. View from a high vantage point of a town with crenellated castle and river surrounded by green banks. Inscribed in white blackletter text, lower center: GERMANY
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
Pan American World Airways, New York, New York, USA
Date
December 7, 1950
Credit Line
Gift of Grace Schulman
Medium
Crayon, brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, laid down
Dimensions
45.6 × 38.2 cm (17 15/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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