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EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954) AMERICAN AIRLINES. 1948. 39 1/2x30 inches, 100x76 1/2 cm. Condition A-: minor repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges. AfterWorld War II McKnight Kauffer's biggest client was American Airlines, followed by Pan-American. By 1948 he had already designed 23 posters for American. All of them are destination posters, advertising places like New York, Mexico, Boston, etc. In contrast, this poster brilliantly advertises the concept of travelling. McKnight Kauffer turns a tourist's head into a globe and his suitcase into a billboard for the airline. Kauffer 308.
