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 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 6-part series on the works of E. McKnight Kauffer:
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| 1929 Cover for the BBC Handbook colour process engraving 28 x 24.8 cm |
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| 1932 Great Western To Cornwall colour lithograph poster 101.4 x 61.3 cm |
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| 1932 Great Western To Devon's Moors colour lithograph poster 101.4 x 63 cm |
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| 1932 Piccadilly Extension colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.5 cm London Transport Museum |
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| 1932 Publicity Pays on the Underground two-colour lithograph poster |
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| 1932 Set Design poster paint on paper 22.9 x 27.8 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1932 Wherever You Go You Can be Sure of Shell The River Yeo Near Barnstabel colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 114.9 cm |
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| 1933 Art Now book jacket for Faber & Faber publishers half-tone and line-block 21.9 x 19.3 cm |
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| 1933 Ask For BP Not Just Ethyl colour lithograph poster 75.6 x 114.3 cm MoMA, New York |
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| 1933 BP Ethyl Controls Horse-Power colour lithograph poster 76 x 115 cm |
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| 1933 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex "BP" pencil, pastel, pen and ink, gouache and collage on paper 27.9 x 17.2 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1933 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink and gouache on paper 27.9 x 17.2 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1933 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink on paper 27.7 x 17.2 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Designed 1933 issued 1935 Actors Prefer Shell You Can be Sure of Shell colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 114 cm |
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| 1933 Gilbey's Castle Port colour lithograph poster 24.4 x 50.8 cm MoMA, New York |
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| 1933 Gilbey's Invalid Port colour lithograph poster 50.5 x 38 cm |
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| 1933 Merchants - Prefer Shell colour lithograph poster |
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| 1933 Recommended for Winter Double Shell Lubricating Oil colour lithograph poster 75.6 x 113.3 cm MoMA, New York |
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| 1933 Whitsuntide Holiday Off To The Country By Bus Coach Train Tram colour lithograph poster 102 x 63.5 cm |
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| c1933 Textile Design "I am the dreamer, they the dream" gouache original design for a textile ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1933 Textile Design gouache on paper ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1933 Textile Design gouache on paper ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1933 Textile Design gouache on paper ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1933 Textile Design gouache on paper ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1933 Textile Design gouache on paper ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 BP Ethyl for Snappy Engines pen and ink and collage 42 x 16.5 cm |
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| 1934 Buckingham Palace From St. James's Park London Transport poster |
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| 1934 Come on the Telephone colour lithograph poster 53.3 x 62.9 cm |
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| 1934 Contact With The World Use The Telephone two-colour lithograph 76.2 x 50.4 cm |
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| 1934 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink and gouache on paper 30.5 x 22.8 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink and sprayed body-colour on card 28.5 x 18.3 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink and sprayed body-colour on card 38.6 x 27.2 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 Design for the oil company Shell-Mex pencil, pen and ink, Gouache, and collage on paper 28 x 16.8 cm ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 For Snappy Engines - The Lively Petrol design for a poster 26.5 x 11 cm |
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| 1934 Magicians prefer Shell colour lithograph poster for Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd 76.2 x 114.3 cm |
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| 1934 Orient Line Cruises colour lithograph poster 100 x 63.2 cm MoMA, New York |
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| 1934 Orient Line to Australia colour lithograph poster 98 x 61 cm |
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| 1934 Publicity Pays - Tell The World colour lithograph poster for London Transport 76.3 x 50.8 cm |
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| 1934 Russia Today body-colour design for a book entitled 'Russia To-Day' by G.S. Eddy, published by George Allen & Unwin, London V&A Museum, London |
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| 1934 Shell Mex Design for a poster pencil drawing with ruler and compass and painting in body-colour on card ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1934 The Tower of London colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.5 cm London Transport Museum |
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| 1935 Actors Prefer Shell colour lithograph poster 112.4 x 75 cm |
