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Afternoon Sun, 1960

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Artifact Overview

Though best remembered for his design work under Harley Earl at General Motors Corporation, at Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm, at Studebaker Corporation, and in Chrysler Corporation's Advanced Styling Studio, Virgil Exner was also an artist at home. He made time for the fine arts, especially while recuperating from a 1956 heart attack. Exner painted this scenic watercolor in 1960.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Watercolor (Painting)

Date Made

1960

Subject Date

1960

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1741.247

Credit

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

Material

Boards (Flat objects)
Watercolor (paint)

Technique

Painting (Image-making)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 25.75 in
Width: 35.5 in

Inscriptions

front, lower right corner: EXNER '60 handwritten, verso: VIRGIL EXNER WATERCOLOR: "AFTERNOON SUN" 1036 WESTWOOD B'HAM MI 4-5784
Afternoon Sun, 1960