E. McKnight Kauffer

E. McKnight Kauffer
Sailor
ca. 1935
gouache on paper
(design for Orient Line poster)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

E. McKnight Kauffer and Wedgwood
Demitasse and Saucer
ca. 1935
glazed earthenware
(designed for Orient Steamship Line, London)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

E. McKnight Kauffer
Study of Hand
ca. 1938
drawing
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Study of Mechanical Figure
ca. 1935
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Study of Surrealist Figure in Red and White
ca. 1935-40
lithograph
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Geometric Composition
1942
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Carpet Design
1928
watercolor and gouache on paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

E. McKnight Kauffer and Wilton Carpets Ltd
Carpet
ca. 1928
wool
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Composition with Venus de Milo
1943
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Design for a Cubist Composition
ca. 1935-40
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Horse and Jockey
ca. 1920
pochoir
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Illustration for Elsie and the Child
1929
pochoir
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Achilles
(illustration for On the Iliad by Rachel Bespaloff)
ca. 1948
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Zeus
(illustration for On the Iliad by Rachel Bespaloff)
ca. 1948
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Triangular Figure
ca. 1940-45
gouache on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Tapestry Design
ca. 1935
watercolor on paper
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E. McKnight Kauffer
Marly Horse - Place de la Concorde, Paris
ca. 1933
gelatin silver print
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Inscribed over the gallery door:

Asile des beaux arts, solitude où mon coeur
Est toujours occupé dans une paix profonde
C'est vous qui donnez le bonheur
Que promettait en vain le monde. 

– Voltaire (1744)