Styling Shop Mural Study, by Jack Keijo Steele, circa 1955
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Artifact Overview
This sketch for a mural shows the construction of full-scale clay models used to evaluate design explorations. The artist, a clay modeler in the Ford design studio, captured the collaborative spirit, intensity, and urgent creativity of a design department. Like many clay car designs, this sketch exists only as a study -- the mural it was sketched for was never produced.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Gouache (Painting)
Date Made
circa 1955
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
2007.5.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Gouache (Paint)
Graphite pencil
Fiberboard
Technique
Painting (Image-making)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 39 in
Width: 60 in
Inscriptions
Signed by artist above man's head in top right corner on obverse: JACK STEELE
ENGINEERING PLANNING SCHEDULE / PROGRAMMING SECT. / ENGINEERING PROGRAMMING DEPT. / ENGINEERING STAFF / ITEMS AFFECTED / 1 . . . 36 [above] JAN . . . DEC (X3) [below numbers] / REMARKS [top of schedule board, verso of painting]
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