Rendering of Proposed F-Car Design by Elia Russinoff, circa 1978

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Artifact Overview

Elia Russinoff was the first-place national scholarship winner at the Fisher Body Craftman's Guild competition in 1949. After graduating from Pratt Institute, he began a forty-year career at General Motors in 1955. As Assistant Chief Designer, Russinoff created automotive sketches, illustrations, and renderings for a number of the automaker's design projects.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Design drawing

Date Made

circa 1978

Subject Date

circa 1978

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

87.1.23.14

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Rendering (Drawing techniques)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 17 in