May 07, 2015 - Sale 2382

Sale 2382 - Lot 145

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954) [COTTON LABELS.] Group of 6 labels. Circa 1920s.
Each 6 1/4x4 1/4 inches, 16x10 3/4 cm.
Condition varies, generally B+. Paper.
Perhaps one of Kauffer's least known projects were the labels he made for bales of cotton. Designed for Steinthal & Co. in Manchester, they were, in effect, mini-posters and share many of the colorful design elements of his larger works. Posters & Publicity p. 77.