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Concept Car

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Object Details

Designer

Pete Wozena, American, 1918–2006

Office of

General Motors, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Description

On black ground, a futuristic concept car, with deep red body and chrome accents, the front bumpers resembling rockets or bullets, resting on a six-footed stand comprised of perforated metal trestles. Inside the one-passenger vehicle sits a male figure wearing a suit and hat, enclosed inside a curving 180-degree-view windshield. In the background, a reticulated, openwork metallic sphere at right, and indications of columns or towers at left.

Credit Line

Museum purchase through gift of Paul Herzan and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

Date

1955

Accession Number

2017-18-8

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

transportation

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Color pencil, brush and gouache on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 50 × 65.1 cm (19 11/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
Mat: 71.1 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.)

made in

Michigan, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d5118dce-ecab-418e-9f41-5ee0830d38d2

Record ID

chndm_2017-18-8

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