Studebaker Champion Mock-Up, 1943

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Artifact Overview

Virgil Exner's long career in automotive design included time with General Motors, Raymond Loewy Associates, and Studebaker -- for which he produced this work. Exner is best remembered for his tenure as design head at Chrysler, where his dramatic "Forward Look" characterized the company's vehicles from 1955 to 1961.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

02 July 1943

Creator Notes

Made by, or under the direction of, Virgil M. Exner while working for Studebaker Corporation.

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1741.241

Credit

From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of Virgil M. Exner, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.188 in

Inscriptions

lower center of image: MOCK-UP CHAMPION 7-2-43 17925