E. McKnight Kauffer : an artist in design /
"American-born Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)-known as the 'Poster King'-is recognized as one of the most important designers to have worked in England and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. This book, which critically surveys Kauffer's entire care...
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New York :
Peter Lang,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Apprenticeship. Quickenings (1890-1914)
- Personal equations (1914-1921)
- The poster artist. 'Genuine art'
- Chameleon : 1915-1921
- Alchemist : 1921-1930
- New bearings (1927-1939)
- Other ventures. Judging a book by its cover (1917-1939)
- No man's land : book illustrations, 1925-1938
- Fresh directions (1919-1937)
- The artist at forty-five (1935)
- Exile. Reversal of fortune (1940)
- Posters in America (1940-1954)
- The cover sells the book (1940-1954)
- New challenges : book illustrations (1940-1954)
- Epilogue. 'The walls of London bloomed'.