New Shell Lubricating Oils

Shell poster number 483, New Shell lubricating oils by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Painting shows an oil can decorated with a red figure holding a shell above it's head.

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    483

  • Title

    New Shell Lubricating Oils

  • Date

    1937

  • Artist

    Edward McKnight Kauffer

The jointed man created by Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954) was based on an artists manikin and was used on Shell’s Lubricating products at the time.

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