The Rainbow to Europe
Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- Pan American World Airways, New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster design encouraging travel to Europe via Pan American Airlines. Image of a black and gray crenellated castle or fortress with water indicated to the right, with a rainbow above. Text in gray and black, above: THE Rainbow / TO EUROPE; below: PAN AMERICAN / THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- ca. 1953
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-124-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 41.9 × 30.5 cm (16 1/2 × 12 in.)
- made in
- USA
- place depicted
- Europe
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-124-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47005192c-57eb-4769-a40c-46a5beac40cc
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