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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Underground & Railway
Kuan-Yin, Victoria & Albert Museum, Poster by E. McKnight Kauffer, 1921
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) · London Underground poster, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1921
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A 1921 Underground poster for the Victoria and Albert Museum. A statue of Kuan-Yin, outlined in blue and green, stands on a starburst on a black ground framed in burgundy, blue and light green.
Why it matters
Kauffer took one object from the collection and drew it as the reason to go. The lower margin gives the hours and the nearest stations, Brompton Road and South Kensington.
What to notice
Admission free is printed at the foot, under the opening times for weekdays and Sundays.
One figure from the museum, standing for all of it.
Provenance
- School
- Underground & Railway Posters (Various)
- Designer
- Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
- Format
- Transit poster
- Poster published
- London Underground poster, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1921
- Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Cooper Hewitt 18447435
Live trademark
UNDERGROUND wordmark (TfL) — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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