Autumn Woods

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Greater London (issued)

Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn, featuring green, gold and red colouring, with silver-trunked trees on the left and a log on a mound to the left of the foreground. There is a blue graded sky above. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'

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Categories	Prints Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Autumn Woods (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Autumn Woods'. Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster showing a woodland scene in autumn. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1938.
Physical description	Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn, featuring green, gold and red colouring, with silver-trunked trees on the left and a log on a mound to the left of the foreground. There is a blue graded sky above. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions	Height: 101.3cm Width: 63.4cm Measurements taken from: 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
Production type	Proof
Marks and inscriptions	'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
Production	Attribution note: before lettering
Subjects depicted	Autumn Woods Woodland Log Trees
Associated objects	E.685-1955 (Version) E.177-1980 (Version)
Bibliographic references	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 Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Other number	23/A11 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.407-1971

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035606/autumn-woods-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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