The Greatest Show on Earth
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Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- At center, two elephants standing on their hind legs, wearing pink ballet tutus, with a yellow spotlight shining on them from upper left. At right, a red, white and blue, podium, upon which a ballet dancer stands with hands raised. The podium is inscribed in black text: BUY DEFENSE BONDS. At top, in white text, partially colored in yellow and blue: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. Below, on right, in tan text: PRESENTS 50 / FAMOUS ELEPHANTS / WITH BEAUTIFUL GIRLS; at left: IN AN ORIGINAL BALLET / COMPOSED BY IGOR STRAVINSKY / STAGED BY GEORGE BALANCHINE. At bottom in yellow and blue text: RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- 1942
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-115-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.9 × 70.6 cm (19 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.)
- made in
- United States
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-115-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40a61f3d3-c773-4c9e-9576-1105a0818b1a
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