Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press, London, England, United Kingdom
- Author
- Herman Melville, American, 1819–1891
- Printer
- The Curwen Press, London, England
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Illustration for Herman Melville's Benito Cereno. Abstracted rendering of a topless figure holding a baby to their breast, shown from the waist up. The figure has cuffs on each wrist, and a blanket or cloth draped across their lap. The background is geometrically abstracted, perhaps depicting the deck of a ship. The figure and the baby are both shaded in brown, while the cuffs, parts of the background and some highlights are shaded in teal.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- 1926
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-305
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and brown, teal, and pink watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 × 19.7 cm (11 15/16 × 7 3/4 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_1963-39-305
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40d8b56a3-cbe0-452e-b482-043007427a82
