Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- New York Subway Advertising Company, New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster design for the New York Subway Advertising Company encouraging businesses to purchase advertising space for a poster on the subway. On black ground, a disjointed face of a clown, made up of only eyes, a red nose with red, white, and blue feather, an open mouth and tongue, and a white cone hat. Behind, purple and yellow lights forming a ring around the clown's face. At top, in white, gray, and yellow text: SUBWAY [italicized] / POSTERS. At bottom: PERFORM / DAILY BEFORE FIVE MILLION / PAIRS OF EYES / [New York Subway Advertising Company logo in blue]
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-120
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper, lined
- Dimensions
- 104 × 74.3 cm (40 15/16 × 29 1/4 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, United States
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-120
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41aa632d4-124f-48ed-8fd1-c27d18561cca
