Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954) 175 c LONDON HISTORY AT THE LONDON MUSEUM. 1922. 39 3 / 4 x24 1 / 4 inches, 101x61 1 / 2 cm. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd., London. Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses, creases and overpainting in margins. In this poster for the London Museum, Kauffer’s “inspiration was an illuminated model of the Great Fire of 1666 on display in the Museum” (Underground p. 48). The hot colors and geometric dynamism bespeak Kauffer’s Vorticist leanings during this period. Underground p. 48, Affiches Art Deco p. 154. [2,000/3,000]