EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954) THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM. 1922. 39 1/2x24 1/4 inches, 100 1/4x61 1/2 cm. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., London. Condition B+: replaced losses, overpainting and minor staining at edges; repaired pin holes at edges. Frank Pick, the influential head of publicity for the London Underground, commissioned Kauffer to design a series of posters advertising Museums in the city. "Kauffer's use of subject matter for this series [of four posters for museums] combined geometric theory with realistic imagery" (Art for All p. 134). Kauffer 43.
