London Can Double Its Winter Sunshine

Physical description

'London Can Double Its Winter Sunshine. Use Gas and Coke, Fire Without Smoke'. Design for a small poster or show-card issued by the Gas Light & Coke Co.. The design is a montage of a photgraph of two boys looking into bright sunshine and shading their eyes, over a bright yellow background, grading down to grey then black representing winter smog. The Mrs.Therm figure of a firey sprite and text are below the image.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1936 (made)

Artist/maker

Kauffer, Edward McKnight, born 1890 - died 1954 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Gouache and montage

Marks and inscriptions

'E. McKnight Kauffer'

Dimensions

Height: 49.3 cm, Width: 32.7 cm

Descriptive line

'London Can Double Its Winter Sunshine ...' Design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a small poster or show-card issued by the Gas, Light and Coke Company, Great Britain, 1936.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'KAUFFER, Edward McKnight (1890-1954)
[…]
London Can Double Its Winter Sunshine. Use Gas and Coke, Fire Without Smoke. Design for a small poster or show-card issued by the Gas Light & Coke Co.. 1936 S BC & montage Sight size 49.3 x 32.7 cm
Circ.195-1938 fiche 22/E9'
The Poster King. E. McKnight Kauffer London: Estorick Collection of modern italian art, 2011.

Exhibition History

The Poster King: Edward McKnight Kauffer (Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art 14/09/11-18/12/11)

Materials

Gouache

Techniques

Drawing (image-making); Montage

Subjects depicted

Boys; Smog; Fuel consumption; Sprite

Categories

Advertising; Drawings; Designs; Posters

Collection code

PDP