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Edward McKnight Kauffer
American Airlines to California (poster)circa 1947

Not on view
Vintage travel poster combining bold blue typography, a large graphic beach ball in red, orange, and yellow, and a black-and-white photograph of a woman in a swimsuit on a beach

Edward McKnight Kauffer, American Airlines, American Airlines to California (poster), circa 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Debbie and Mark Attanasio in memory of Martin Kaplan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Edward McKnight Kauffer
United States, Montana, Great Falls, active New York and England, London, 1890-1954
Made for
American Airlines
Title
American Airlines to California (poster)
Date Made
circa 1947
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
Image and sheet: 39 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (100.97 × 76.84 cm) Primary support: 42 × 32 1/4 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Debbie and Mark Attanasio in memory of Martin Kaplan
Accession Number
M.2010.113.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

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