Design Drawing for Chrysler 250 Concept Car, 1959
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Sketches and renderings were the starting point for any new model program, as shown by this extraordinary example drawn by Virgil Exner, who headed the styling department at Chrysler Corporation. Exner's astounding career as an automotive designer included leadership positions in Harley Earl's Art and Colour Section at General Motors Corporation, at Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm, and at Chrysler.
Sketches and renderings were the starting point for any new model program, as shown by this extraordinary example drawn by Virgil Exner, who headed the styling department at Chrysler Corporation. Exner's astounding career as an automotive designer included leadership positions in Harley Earl's Art and Colour Section at General Motors Corporation, at Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm, and at Chrysler.
Artifact
Design drawing
Date Made
1959
Subject Date
1959
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1741.202
Credit
From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of Virgil M. Exner, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 13.25 in
Width: 21.125 in
Inscriptions
Text in lower right corner: 10-B/'59 V.M.E Verso: "250" Perspecs
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