Conceptual Drawing of the Ford Exhibition Building for the New York World's Fair, 1939
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Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This conceptual rendering shows the entrance to Teague's Ford Building. It features a stainless steel sculpture depicting Mercury, whose mythological speed symbolized the swift progress of modern transportation.
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This conceptual rendering shows the entrance to Teague's Ford Building. It features a stainless steel sculpture depicting Mercury, whose mythological speed symbolized the swift progress of modern transportation.
Artifact
Rendering (Drawing)
Date Made
1939
Subject Date
1939-1940
Creators
Teague, Walter Dorwin, 1883-1960
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
By Hugh Ferriss, working with Walter Dorwin Teague, for Ford Motor Company.
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
83.1.1645.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Mat board
Charcoal pencils
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 25 in
Width: 30 in
Inscriptions
Artist signature on lower left corner: Hugh Ferriss
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