Lot 22
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
Soaring to Success! Daily Herald
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
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Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
Soaring to Success! Daily Herald
Lithograph printed in colours, 1919, from the second edition printed 1973, printed by UDO (Litho) Ltd., Her Majesty's Stationary Office, and published by Victoria & Albert Museum, London, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 760 x 387mm (29 7/8 x 15 1/4in)
Literature: Greenwood, Omega Cuts, (Woodbridge, 1998), p.105
Born in America, Kauffer spent the majority of his artistic life working in England. He settled in London in August 1914 and joined The London Group, an anti-establishment artistic hub whose key players, Wyndham Lewis and David Bomberg, were integral to the Vorticist movement. The initial design for this poster came from Kauffer's striking woodcut 'Flight', which was first published in 1917 and is clearly influenced by Vorticism. This design became very well known when it was used to launch the Labour newspaper The Daily Herald on 31 March 1919. Following on from this success, Kauffer continued to be a celebrated poster designer and was commissioned by London Transport to produce as many as 141 posters. This poster is part of a smaller, post-humous edition, likely published to coincide with a touring exhibition by the V&A.
Description
***Please note the description for this lot has changed
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
Soaring to Success! Daily Herald
Lithograph printed in colours, 1919, from the second edition printed 1973, printed by UDO (Litho) Ltd., Her Majesty's Stationary Office, and published by Victoria & Albert Museum, London, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 760 x 387mm (29 7/8 x 15 1/4in)
Literature: Greenwood, Omega Cuts, (Woodbridge, 1998), p.105
Born in America, Kauffer spent the majority of his artistic life working in England. He settled in London in August 1914 and joined The London Group, an anti-establishment artistic hub whose key players, Wyndham Lewis and David Bomberg, were integral to the Vorticist movement. The initial design for this poster came from Kauffer's striking woodcut 'Flight', which was first published in 1917 and is clearly influenced by Vorticism. This design became very well known when it was used to launch the Labour newspaper The Daily Herald on 31 March 1919. Following on from this success, Kauffer continued to be a celebrated poster designer and was commissioned by London Transport to produce as many as 141 posters. This poster is part of a smaller, post-humous edition, likely published to coincide with a touring exhibition by the V&A.
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