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
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