Study of a Seabed Composition
Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Study for an abstract scene, possibly the ocean floor. At center, a small fish in white outline, seemingly in the midst of being eaten by a larger fish, depicted only by a large white mouth with sharp teeth. Below, a sandy sea-bottom in orange and yellow. Background shaded in black.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- 1935–1939
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-986
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 × 30.4 cm (9 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.)
- made in
- London, England, United Kingdom
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-986
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c6e0fb40-c453-4303-a075-ede5d1c46298
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