Working on a Virgil Exner Design Clay Prototype for Studebaker, 1944-1949

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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

1944-1949

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1741.262

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 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

at top right: S 8160-4
Working on a Virgil Exner Design Clay Prototype for Studebaker, 1944-1949