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E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954) TRAVEL IN COMFORT BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS. 1935. 40x241/2 inches. Condition B+: restoration and creases in margins; vertical and horizontal folds. Edward McKnight Kauffer was a multi-talented artist, whose work as a graphic designer, illustrator, painter and decorator was exceptional. He was born in Montana, studied art in both Chicago and Paris and then moved to London in 1915. He returned to his native America in 1940, but his 25 years in Britain (the most creative of his career) produced a prodigious output of work including posters that alongside those of Cassandre, would become the best of the period. Here, extending a simple concept using complex graphic design, Kauffer presents a photomontage of the globe cradled in contemporary sans-serif type. Using only two colors, and angling the text as if to imply a plane taking off, Kauffer's simple approach belies the rigorous design. Kauffer no. 51.
