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Actors Prefer Shell

Poster
1933 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a poster advertising Shell petrol showing a semi-abstract design of an actor behind a mask. Lettered across the top 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' and across the bottom 'ACTORS PREFER SHELL'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Actors Prefer Shell (generic title)
  • You Can Be Sure of Shell (series title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, bodycolour and kaolinite on prepared board
Brief description
Design drawing for a poster or display card for the Shell oil company showing a semi-abstract design of an actor behind a mask, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, Great Britain, 1932
Physical description
Design for a poster advertising Shell petrol showing a semi-abstract design of an actor behind a mask. Lettered across the top 'YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL' and across the bottom 'ACTORS PREFER SHELL'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.6cm
  • Width: 54.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer. '33' (Signed and dated in bodycolour)
  • (Lettered with titles)
  • 'Designed by E MCK. Kauffer 22 DEC 1933' (Stamped in ink on back)
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.1853-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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