Hailed in his lifetime as “the poster king,” E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954) believed that the street was an art gallery for the people. While living in England between 1914 and 1940, Kauffer produced radical posters for advertising that introduced modernism to the public. He experimented in provocative ways with line, form, space, and colour to promote services and products. He did not limit himself to posters, and designed a remarkable range of book covers, rugs, theatrical productions, and more, continuing his work in New York from 1940 until his death.
For more biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of a 6-part series on the works of E. McKnight Kauffer:
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1935 Findlater Book of Wines (cover design)
issued by Findlater, Mackie, Todd & Co.
gouache
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1935 Findlater Book of Wines (cover design)
issued by Findlater, Mackie, Todd & Co.
gouache
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1935 Findlater Book of Wines (cover design)
issued by Findlater, Mackie, Todd & Co.
gouache
V&A Museum, London
1935 Stop On India Nonskid Tyres And Feel The Difference
colour lithograph poster 74.6 x 49.8 cm
1935 The New Gas Fires Says Mr Therm
Light Themselves
colour lithograph poster 76.1 x 50.7 cm
1935 Train Yourself to Better Work
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum
1935 Tapestries to hang on the panelling of a dining room of a house in Sloane Square:
1935 Tapestry Design
pencil and gouache 30.5 x 10.2 cm
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1935 Tapestry Design
pencil and gouache 30.5 x 10.2 cm
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1935 Tapestry Design
pencil and gouache 30.5 x 10.2 cm
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1935 Tapestry Design
pencil and gouache 30.5 x 10.2 cm
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1935 Tapestry Design
pencil and gouache 30.5 x 10.2 cm
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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| c1935 ABC lettering design on a black ground V&A Museum, London |
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| c1935 Design for a geometric figure gouache on paper 26.1 x 21.4 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1935 Gents directional Gents Loo sign used during an exhibition at Percy Lund Humphries, London V&A Museum, London |
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| 1936 Double Shell Lubricating Oil colour lithograph poster 115 x 76 cm |
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| 1936 Landscape oil on board 32.7 x 40.6 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| 1936 Landscape with a Barn oil on board 32.7 x 40.8 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| 1936 London's New Entertainment Centre design for photo-murals advertising Earl's Court mixed media, collage, paint 11.4 x 45.8 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| 1936 London's New Entertainment Centre design for photo-murals advertising Earl's Court mixed media, collage, paint 30.5 x 54.5 cm V&A Museum London |
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| 1936 London's New Entertainment Centre design for photo-murals advertising Earl's Court mixed media, collage, paint 30.5 x 54.5 cm V&A Museum London |
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| 1936 The Tower of London London Transport poster |
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| 1936 To Visit Britain's Landmarks You Can be Sure of Shell Dinton Castle Near Aylesbury colour lithograph poster 72.1 x 99.1 cm |
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| 1936 Westminster Abbey - London Transport two-colour lithograph poster 50.8 x 31.8 cm London Transport Museum |
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| 1936 Westminster From The Thames London Transport poster |
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| 1937 Composition of Leaf and Tree collage of stained sycamore veneers, drawing and a photographic print 24.8 x 30.5 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1937 News Chronicle Schools Exhibition colour offset lithograph poster 71.4 x 47.9 cm |
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| 1937 South And East African Air Mail Make Every Day Posting Day colour offset lithograph poster 37.6 x 25.5 cm |
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| 1937 Study Success At The Advertising Exhibition, Olympia colour lithograph poster 76 x 60.6 cm |
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| c1937 Untitled design: A laminated wood collage of a tree trunk V&A Museum, London |
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| 1938 Autumn Woods colour lithograph poster for London Transport 101.3 x 63.4 cm |
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| 1938 Still Life: Anemones and Gauloise Cigarettes oil on board 21.6 x 26.8 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| 1939 Summer Shell - May to October colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 114.3 cm |
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| 1940 Lend to Defend the Right to be Free design for a National Savings poster executed during WW2 gouache original 54.3 x 38.4 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1941 Luchamos Por La Libertad De Todos colour lithograph poster for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs |
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| 1942 Greece Fights On poster colour lithography and offset printing 79 x 58.2 cm |
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| 1942 The Greatest Show on Earth (New York) colour lithograph poster 77 x 108.8 cm |
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| 1943 Civil Aeronautics Administration - Speeds The War colour lithograph poster 101.3 x 71.8 cm MoMA, New York |
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| 1945 The Clio by L.H. Myers book cover design |
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| 1947 Shop between 10 and 4 Avoid The Rush Hour colour lithograph poster 102.9 x 62.9 cm London Transport Museum |
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| 1950 American Airlines To Chicago colour process engraving 101.6 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. L'Heure mixed media, paint and collage V&A Museum, London |
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| n.d. The Play's the Thing Ex Libris book plate artwork gouache 16.2 x 8.9 cm |
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