New York Auto Show November 1936 Grand Central Palace carved wooden bas relief Swan, for beauty
Automobile Reference Auto Shows
Item Info
Item No: arcs00458
Title: New York Auto Show November 1936 Grand Central Palace carved wooden bas relief Swan, for beauty
Media Type:
Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:
Carving feathers on the swan which will suggest Beauty in the modern car. At left, Manager Alfred Reeves and Charles Ellias; at right Designer Ivel bending over in rapt attention to art in the making. William Stirm appears to be kissing the graceful bird’s beak, but he really isn’t. It’s foreshortening.
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